id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
26029	Provide an API to configure arbitrary file storage backends	Aymeric Augustin	Jarosław Wygoda	"Currently Django has two hardcoded file storage backends, ""default"" (for media files) and ""static"" (for static files). Idioms for configuring file storage backends in pluggable apps are cumbersome.

It would be nice to be able to configure arbitrary file storage backends, like caches and databases e.g.:

{{{
FILE_STORAGES = {
   'media': {
       'BACKEND': settings.DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE,
       'OPTIONS': {
            'location': settings.MEDIA_ROOT,
            'base_url': settings.MEDIA_URL,
            # possible override of settings.FILE_CHARSET
       },
   },
   'static': {
       'BACKEND': settings.STATICFILES_STORAGE,
       'OPTIONS': {
            'location': settings.STATIC_ROOT,
            'base_url': settings.STATIC_URL,
            # replacement for STATICFILES_FINDERS and STATICFILES_DIRS that would look a lot like template loaders
            # possible override of settings.FILE_CHARSET
       },
   }
}}}

This was discussed on django-developers: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/gEbFApLLuzg/IW1LDUwmEgAJ

There were some concerns about introducing another large dict in settings. The general ideas was uncontroversial."	New feature	closed	File uploads/storage	dev	Normal	fixed		django@…	Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0