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