Examples

The following examples try to cover a variety of VIMAGE usages by combining different specificity values and showing their effect on the appropriate fields.

With specificity 1

The validation rule below will be applied to all ImageField’s of the my_app app. Each image should be less than 120KB and have aspect ratio equal to 1.2.

VIMAGE = {
    'my_app.models': {
        'SIZE': {
            'lt': 120,
        }
        'ASPECT_RATIO': 1.2,
    },
}

If we try to upload an image which is more than 120KB and it’s aspect ratio is not 1.2 then we’ll get the following default error:

Since 'SIZE' is a dict we can define an 'err' key and give it a custom error:

VIMAGE = {
    'my_app.models': {
        'SIZE': {
            'lt': 120,
            'err': 'Wrong size. Must be < 120KB',
        }
        'ASPECT_RATIO': 1.2,
    },
}

which yields:

With specificity 2

The validation rule below will be applied to all ImageField’s of the MyModel model. Each image should be a JPEG image, equal to 400 x 500px and less than 200KB.

VIMAGE = {
    'my_app.models.MyModel': {
        'FORMAT': 'jpeg',
        'DIMENSIONS': (400, 500),
        'SIZE': {
            'lt': 200,
        },
    },
}

With specificity 3

The validation rule below will be applied only to the img ImageField field. It should be a JPEG or a PNG image, the height should be less than 400px and be greater than 100KB but less than 200KB.

VIMAGE = {
    'my_app.models.MyModel.img': {
        'FORMAT': ['jpeg', 'png'],
        'DIMENSIONS': {
            'h': {
                'lt': 400,
            }
        },
        'SIZE': {
            'gt': 100,
            'lt': 200,
        },
    },
}

Trying to save the object with an invalid image, we get the following default error:

A custom error on 'h' (height) may be declared, as follows:

VIMAGE = {
    'my_app.models.MyModel': {
        'FORMAT': ['jpeg', 'png'],
        'DIMENSIONS': {
            'h': {
                'lt': 400,
                'err': '<strong>Height</strong> must be <em>>400px</em>',
            }
        },
        'SIZE': {
            'gt': 100,
            'lt': 200,
        },
    },
}

Trying with an invalid image, we get (note that we have provided a valid image format, so the 'FORMAT' validation passes and not shown):

With specificity 1 + 2

VIMAGE = {
    # specificity 1
    'my_app.models': {
        'FORMAT': ['jpeg', 'png'],
        'SIZE': {
            'gt': 100,
            'lt': 200,
        },
    },
    # specificity 2
    'my_app.models.ModelOne': {
        'DIMENSIONS': [(400, 450), (500, 650)],
    },
    # specificity 2
    'my_app.models.ModelTwo': {
        'FORMAT': ['webp'],
    },
}

After declaring the above validation rule, the following rules will apply:

all ImageField’s of the	Rules
ModelOne model	'FORMAT': ['jpeg', 'png'] 'SIZE': {'gt': 100, 'lt': 200} 'DIMENSIONS': [(400, 450), (500, 650)]
ModelTwo model	'FORMAT': ['webp'] 'SIZE': {'gt': 100, 'lt': 200}

and providing (again) an invalid image, we get the following default error for the img ImageField inside the ModelOne model:

With specificity 1 + 3

VIMAGE = {
    # specificity 1
    'my_app.models': {
        'DIMENSIONS': {
            'lte': (1920, 1080),
        },
        'FORMAT': 'jpeg',
        'SIZE': {
            'gt': 100,
            'lt': 200,
        },
    },
    # specificity 3
    'my_app.models.ModelOne.img': {
        'DIMENSIONS': (800, 1020),
    },
}

After declaring the above validation rule, the following rules will apply:

Fields	Rules
all ImageField’s of the my_app app	'DIMENSIONS': {'lte': (1920, 1080)} 'FORMAT': 'jpeg' 'SIZE': {'gt': 100, 'lt': 200}
only the img field	'DIMENSIONS': (800, 1020) 'FORMAT': 'jpeg' 'SIZE': {'gt': 100, 'lt': 200}