am trying yo do this using tornado and pil and mongodb.

avat = self.request.files['avatar'][0]["body"]
nomfich = self.request.files['avatar'][0]["filename"]

try:
    image = Image.open(StringIO.StringIO(buf=avat))
    size = image.size
    type = image.format

    avatar = r"/profile-images/{0}/{1}".format(pseudo, nomfich)

except IOError:
    self.redirect("/erreur-im")

and the database code:

user={
    "pseudo": pseudo, 
    "password":password, 
    "email":email, 
    "tel":tel, 
    "commune":commune,    
    "statut":statut, 
    "nom":nom, 
    "prenom":prenom, 
    "daten":daten, 
    "sexe":sexe, 
    "avatar":avatar
}

self.db.essog.insert(user)

and it worked ok, the "avatar" is saved, but there in no image, it saves only a name!

my problem is:

  • to understand how database deals with pictures, must i make image.save(path, format), but the path, is it a path of a normal system path (windows, or linux)?
  • the profile is simple, and i've limited the picture upload to 500ko, and the document in mongodb is 16mb, so the document will handle the entire profile, but must i use gridFS even for small document when it contains picture? the key problem is in path of the picture saving, am stuck, and it's the first time i deal with database, so am sorry for that question.
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