trying to figure out how to serve user-uploaded files

website/upload/forms.py

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ class ImageForm(forms.ModelForm):
     """Form for the image model"""
     class Meta:
         model = Image
-        fields = ('title', 'image')
+        fields = ('image',)

website/upload/migrations/0001_initial.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.6 on 2021-02-09 15:56
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Image',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('image', models.ImageField(blank=True, upload_to='static/%Y/%m/%d/')),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]

website/upload/migrations/0002_auto_20210209_1803.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.6 on 2021-02-09 16:03
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('upload', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='image',
+            name='image',
+            field=models.FileField(upload_to='../static/%Y/%m/%d/'),
+        ),
+    ]

website/upload/migrations/0003_auto_20210209_1806.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.6 on 2021-02-09 16:06
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('upload', '0002_auto_20210209_1803'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='image',
+            name='image',
+            field=models.FileField(upload_to='static/'),
+        ),
+    ]

website/upload/models.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from django.db import models
 
 class Image(models.Model):
-    image = models.ImageField(upload_to='static/%Y/%m/%d/', blank=True)
+    image = models.FileField(upload_to='static/')

website/upload/views.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 import os.path
+from .forms import ImageForm
+from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage
 
 def uploadContent(request):
     if request.method == "GET":
@@ -15,16 +17,22 @@ def uploadContent(request):
     else:
         return
 
+# Please fix the fact that this shit gets uploaded literally everywhere
+
 def imageUpload(request):
-    if request.method == "GET":
-        return render(request, "uploadImage.html")
-    elif request.method == "POST":
-        image = request.POST["image"]
-        # add the id of the user, after you add in users
-        savingImage = open(f"static/{image}","wb")
-        for i in image:
-            savingImage.write(i)
-        savingImage.close()
-        return redirect(f"/static/{image}")
+    """Process images uploaded by users"""
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        form = ImageForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
+        if form.is_valid():
+            myfile = request.FILES['image']
+            fs = FileSystemStorage(location="./static/") #defaults to   MEDIA_ROOT  
+            filename = fs.save(myfile.name, myfile)
+            file_url = fs.url(filename)
+
+            return render(request, 'uploadImage.html', {
+                'file_url': file_url,
+                'file_name': myfile.name,
+                })
+            
     else:
-        return
+        form = ImageForm()