# extra.py in yourproject/app/ from django.db.models import FileField from django.forms import forms from django.template.defaultfilters import filesizeformat from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _ class ContentTypeRestrictedFileField(FileField): """ Same as FileField, but you can specify: * content_types - list containing allowed content_types. Example: ['application/pdf', 'image/jpeg'] * max_upload_size - a number indicating the maximum file size allowed for upload. 2.5MB - 2621440 5MB - 5242880 10MB - 10485760 20MB - 20971520 50MB - 5242880 100MB 104857600 250MB - 214958080 500MB - 429916160 """ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): self.content_types = kwargs.pop("content_types") self.max_upload_size = kwargs.pop("max_upload_size") super(ContentTypeRestrictedFileField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) def clean(self, *args, **kwargs): data = super(ContentTypeRestrictedFileField, self).clean(*args, **kwargs) file = data.file content_type = file.content_type if content_type in self.content_types: if file._size > self.max_upload_size: raise forms.ValidationError(_('Please keep filesize under %s. Current filesize %s') % (filesizeformat(self.max_upload_size), filesizeformat(file._size))) else: raise forms.ValidationError(_('Filetype not supported.')) return data