How to store images in mongoDB?

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I am using pymongo to store user comments in my Django project. I need to save comment images to the database and then show it on a page which is generated by a Django template, but when I use request.FILES.get (...), read(...), the line does not save in Mongo, because it is not encoded in utf-8.

How can I properly save an image into mongoDB and then show on an HTML page?

possible duplicate of [saving picture to mongodb](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11915770/saving-picture-to-mongodb) — jdi, Aug 11 '12 at 18:58

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 11 '12 at 19:35

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You can try and use this api section: http://api.mongodb.org/python/2.2.1/api/bson/binary.html

Wrap it inside of this object and then try and insert/save it.

Disclaimer: I have never programmed python so I might be talking jibberish about the wrapping part, either way that page should tell you how to do it.

edited Aug 11 '12 at 19:35

jdi

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answered Aug 11 '12 at 19:29

Sammaye

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No you are correct. You use the Binary object to wrap the string – jdi Aug 11 '12 at 19:31
Did realise though that I am looking at the old API, appears it's changed: http://api.mongodb.org/python/2.0/api/bson/binary.html#module-bson.binary – Sammaye Aug 11 '12 at 19:32
Plus 1 for replying without being a python programmer. – shahar_m Jul 02 '17 at 12:45

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 01 '13 at 15:23

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Have you tried GridFS? It's a great tool for storing binary data like images in a database.

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answered Aug 11 '12 at 18:57

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How to store images in mongoDB?

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