Set Django's FileField to an existing file
just set instance.field.name to the path of your file
e.g.
class Document(models.Model): file = FileField(upload_to=get_document_path) description = CharField(max_length=100)doc = Document()doc.file.name = 'path/to/file' # must be relative to MEDIA_ROOTdoc.file<FieldFile: path/to/file>
If you want to do this permanently, you need to create your own FileStorage class
import osfrom django.conf import settingsfrom django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorageclass MyFileStorage(FileSystemStorage): # This method is actually defined in Storage def get_available_name(self, name): if self.exists(name): os.remove(os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, name)) return name # simply returns the name passedNow in your model, you use your modified MyFileStorage
from mystuff.customs import MyFileStoragemfs = MyFileStorage()class SomeModel(model.Model): my_file = model.FileField(storage=mfs)