Django image resize on the fly

#django

Init

Django model with image field

Purpose

Resize image to some template size (typed size)

Short

Catch original image from field
Resize it through PIL and save to BytesIO output
Send output to ContentFile
Send ContentFile to File
Run self.avatar.save(<name>, file, save=False) in model save method

Detail

ResizeImageMixin

import uuid
from PIL import Image
from io import BytesIO
from django.core.files import File
from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
from django.db import models


class ResizeImageMixin:
    def resize(self, imageField: models.ImageField, size:tuple):
        im = Image.open(imageField)  # Catch original
        source_image = im.convert('RGB')
        source_image.thumbnail(size)  # Resize to size
        output = BytesIO()
        source_image.save(output, format='JPEG') # Save resize image to bytes
        output.seek(0)

        content_file = ContentFile(output.read())  # Read output and create ContentFile in memory
        file = File(content_file)

        random_name = f'{uuid.uuid4()}.jpeg'
        imageField.save(random_name, file, save=False)

models.py

class User(Base, AbstractUser, ResizeImageMixin):
    def __str__(self):
        return f'{self.username}'

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
        if self.pk is None:
            self.resize(self.avatar, (200, 200))

        super().save(*args, **kwargs)