I need a widget to browse the filesystem

Question

I have a simple posting page app with the following "RecordEntry" model:

class RecordEntry(models.Model):
    client = models.ForeignKey(PostPage)
    filename = models.CharField(max_length=64, unique=False, blank=True, null=True)
    descriptor = models.CharField(max_length=64, unique=False, blank=True, null=True)
    date = models.DateField(_("Date"), default=datetime.date.today)
    post_type = models.CharField(max_length=50, choices=POST_CHOICES)
    round = models.CharField(max_length=50, choices=ROUND_CHOICES)
    pdf = models.CharField(max_length=100, unique=False, blank=True, null=True)
    html = models.CharField(max_length=100, unique=False, blank=True, null=True)
    zip = models.CharField(max_length=100, unique=False, blank=True, null=True)
    psd = models.CharField(max_length=100, unique=False, blank=True, null=True)

    def __unicode__ (self):
            return return u'%s %s' % (self.client, self.filename)

    class Admin: 
            pass

the pdf, html, zip, and psd fields will hold paths to those objects which will be displayed as links by the template. My question is, is there a way I can avoid actually typing the entire path in these fields every time? Is there a widget of some type that will allow me to browse the filesystem and capture the path of any item I click on?

Answer 1

This get you anywhere?

Is there a filesystem plugin available for django?

There's a bit of a how-to here:

http://rfc1437.de/page/writing-a-simple-filesystem-browser-with-django/

but you'd have to make it into a selection widget yourself.