How to convert an image (get from request.FILES) to byte array in python?

Question

Suppose I have a variable "profile_image" of image file type. I have created the variable like below:

profile_image = request.FILES.get('profile_image', False)

Now I need to convert this image variable to bytes array. How can I do this without saving it to the local drive? I found that file open/read do not work here. I tried like below:

with open(profile_image.name, "rb") as imageFile:
       file_stream = imageFile.read()

Please help me. By the way, by converting into bytes array I want to save it to google cloud.

Thank you.

Have you checked this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22351254/python-script-to-convert-image-into-byte-array/22351973? — Gaurav Paliwal, Jun 21 '18 at 10:06
@GauravPaliwal thanks. I checked that, but could not find the silution that I need. — Mohammad Zakaria, Jun 22 '18 at 03:13

Mohammad Zakaria · Answer 1 · 2018-06-25T08:16:58.783

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After googling for a long time I found the solution Here.

Actually "profile_image" is an "InMemoryUploadedFile" object in python. We can read the file like below:

profile_image.file.read()

edited Jun 25 '18 at 08:16

answered Jun 25 '18 at 08:07

Mohammad Zakaria

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If I do that, I get `b''`, even though I do have the correct `InMemoryUploadedFile` from Django. – stefanbschneider Apr 10 '21 at 19:16

How to convert an image (get from request.FILES) to byte array in python?

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