gridfs – Tools for working with GridFS

GridFS is a specification for storing large objects in Mongo.

The gridfs package is an implementation of GridFS on top of pymongo, exposing a file-like interface.

See also

The MongoDB documentation on

gridfs

class gridfs.``GridFS(database, collection=’fs’, disable_md5=False)

Create a new instance of GridFS.

Raises TypeError if database is not an instance of Database.

Parameters:
  • database: database to use
  • collection (optional): root collection to use
  • disable_md5 (optional): When True, MD5 checksums will not be computed for uploaded files. Useful in environments where MD5 cannot be used for regulatory or other reasons. Defaults to False.

Changed in version 3.1: Indexes are only ensured on the first write to the DB.

Changed in version 3.0: database must use an acknowledged write_concern

See also

The MongoDB documentation on

gridfs

  • delete(file_id, session=None)

    Delete a file from GridFS by "_id".

    Deletes all data belonging to the file with "_id": file_id.

    Warning

    Any processes/threads reading from the file while this method is executing will likely see an invalid/corrupt file. Care should be taken to avoid concurrent reads to a file while it is being deleted.

    Note

    Deletes of non-existent files are considered successful since the end result is the same: no file with that _id remains.

    Parameters:
    • file_id: “_id” of the file to delete
    • session (optional): a ClientSession

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

    Changed in version 3.1: delete no longer ensures indexes.

  • exists(document_or_id=None, session=None, \*kwargs*)

    Check if a file exists in this instance of GridFS.

    The file to check for can be specified by the value of its _id key, or by passing in a query document. A query document can be passed in as dictionary, or by using keyword arguments. Thus, the following three calls are equivalent:

    1. >>> fs.exists(file_id)
    2. >>> fs.exists({"_id": file_id})
    3. >>> fs.exists(_id=file_id)

    As are the following two calls:

    1. >>> fs.exists({"filename": "mike.txt"})
    2. >>> fs.exists(filename="mike.txt")

    And the following two:

    1. >>> fs.exists({"foo": {"$gt": 12}})
    2. >>> fs.exists(foo={"$gt": 12})

    Returns True if a matching file exists, False otherwise. Calls to exists() will not automatically create appropriate indexes; application developers should be sure to create indexes if needed and as appropriate.

    Parameters:
    • document_or_id (optional): query document, or _id of the document to check for
    • session (optional): a ClientSession
    • **kwargs (optional): keyword arguments are used as a query document, if they’re present.

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

  • find(\args, **kwargs*)

    Query GridFS for files.

    Returns a cursor that iterates across files matching arbitrary queries on the files collection. Can be combined with other modifiers for additional control. For example:

    1. for grid_out in fs.find({"filename": "lisa.txt"},
    2.                         no_cursor_timeout=True):
    3.     data = grid_out.read()

    would iterate through all versions of “lisa.txt” stored in GridFS. Note that setting no_cursor_timeout to True may be important to prevent the cursor from timing out during long multi-file processing work.

    As another example, the call:

    1. most_recent_three = fs.find().sort("uploadDate", -1).limit(3)

    would return a cursor to the three most recently uploaded files in GridFS.

    Follows a similar interface to find() in Collection.

    If a ClientSession is passed to find(), all returned GridOut instances are associated with that session.

    Parameters:
    • filter (optional): a SON object specifying elements which must be present for a document to be included in the result set
    • skip (optional): the number of files to omit (from the start of the result set) when returning the results
    • limit (optional): the maximum number of results to return
    • no_cursor_timeout (optional): if False (the default), any returned cursor is closed by the server after 10 minutes of inactivity. If set to True, the returned cursor will never time out on the server. Care should be taken to ensure that cursors with no_cursor_timeout turned on are properly closed.
    • sort (optional): a list of (key, direction) pairs specifying the sort order for this query. See sort() for details.

    Raises TypeError if any of the arguments are of improper type. Returns an instance of GridOutCursor corresponding to this query.

    Changed in version 3.0: Removed the read_preference, tag_sets, and secondary_acceptable_latency_ms options.

    New in version 2.7.

    See also

    The MongoDB documentation on

    find

  • find_one(filter=None, session=None, \args, **kwargs*)

    Get a single file from gridfs.

    All arguments to find() are also valid arguments for find_one(), although any limit argument will be ignored. Returns a single GridOut, or None if no matching file is found. For example:

    1. file = fs.find_one({"filename": "lisa.txt"})
    Parameters:
    • filter (optional): a dictionary specifying the query to be performing OR any other type to be used as the value for a query for “_id” in the file collection.
    • args (optional): any additional positional arguments are the same as the arguments to find().
    • session (optional): a ClientSession
    • *kwargs (optional): any additional keyword arguments are the same as the arguments to find().

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

  • get(file_id, session=None)

    Get a file from GridFS by "_id".

    Returns an instance of GridOut, which provides a file-like interface for reading.

    Parameters:
    • file_id: “_id” of the file to get
    • session (optional): a ClientSession

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

  • get_last_version(filename=None, session=None, \*kwargs*)

    Get the most recent version of a file in GridFS by "filename" or metadata fields.

    Equivalent to calling get_version() with the default version (-1).

    Parameters:
    • filename: “filename” of the file to get, or None
    • session (optional): a ClientSession
    • **kwargs (optional): find files by custom metadata.

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

  • get_version(filename=None, version=-1, session=None, \*kwargs*)

    Get a file from GridFS by "filename" or metadata fields.

    Returns a version of the file in GridFS whose filename matches filename and whose metadata fields match the supplied keyword arguments, as an instance of GridOut.

    Version numbering is a convenience atop the GridFS API provided by MongoDB. If more than one file matches the query (either by filename alone, by metadata fields, or by a combination of both), then version -1 will be the most recently uploaded matching file, -2 the second most recently uploaded, etc. Version 0 will be the first version uploaded, 1 the second version, etc. So if three versions have been uploaded, then version 0 is the same as version -3, version 1 is the same as version -2, and version 2 is the same as version -1.

    Raises NoFile if no such version of that file exists.

    Parameters:
    • filename: “filename” of the file to get, or None
    • version (optional): version of the file to get (defaults to -1, the most recent version uploaded)
    • session (optional): a ClientSession
    • **kwargs (optional): find files by custom metadata.

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

    Changed in version 3.1: get_version no longer ensures indexes.

  • list(session=None)

    List the names of all files stored in this instance of GridFS.

    Parameters:

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

    Changed in version 3.1: list no longer ensures indexes.

  • new_file(\*kwargs*)

    Create a new file in GridFS.

    Returns a new GridIn instance to which data can be written. Any keyword arguments will be passed through to GridIn().

    If the "_id" of the file is manually specified, it must not already exist in GridFS. Otherwise FileExists is raised.

    Parameters:
    • **kwargs (optional): keyword arguments for file creation

  • put(data, \*kwargs*)

    Put data in GridFS as a new file.

    Equivalent to doing:

    1. try:
    2.     f = new_file(**kwargs)
    3.     f.write(data)
    4. finally:
    5.     f.close()

    data can be either an instance of str (bytes in python 3) or a file-like object providing a read() method. If an encoding keyword argument is passed, data can also be a unicode (str in python 3) instance, which will be encoded as encoding before being written. Any keyword arguments will be passed through to the created file - see GridIn() for possible arguments. Returns the "_id" of the created file.

    If the "_id" of the file is manually specified, it must not already exist in GridFS. Otherwise FileExists is raised.

    Parameters:
    • data: data to be written as a file.
    • **kwargs (optional): keyword arguments for file creation

    Changed in version 3.0: w=0 writes to GridFS are now prohibited.

class gridfs.``GridFSBucket(db, bucket_name=’fs’, chunk_size_bytes=261120, write_concern=None, read_preference=None, disable_md5=False)

Create a new instance of GridFSBucket.

Raises TypeError if database is not an instance of Database.

Raises ConfigurationError if write_concern is not acknowledged.

Parameters:
  • database: database to use.
  • bucket_name (optional): The name of the bucket. Defaults to ‘fs’.
  • chunk_size_bytes (optional): The chunk size in bytes. Defaults to 255KB.
  • write_concern (optional): The WriteConcern to use. If None (the default) db.write_concern is used.
  • read_preference (optional): The read preference to use. If None (the default) db.read_preference is used.
  • disable_md5 (optional): When True, MD5 checksums will not be computed for uploaded files. Useful in environments where MD5 cannot be used for regulatory or other reasons. Defaults to False.

New in version 3.1.

See also

The MongoDB documentation on

gridfs

  • delete(file_id, session=None)

    Given an file_id, delete this stored file’s files collection document and associated chunks from a GridFS bucket.

    For example:

    1. my_db = MongoClient().test
    2. fs = GridFSBucket(my_db)
    3. # Get _id of file to delete
    4. file_id = fs.upload_from_stream("test_file", "data I want to store!")
    5. fs.delete(file_id)

    Raises NoFile if no file with file_id exists.

    Parameters:
    • file_id: The _id of the file to be deleted.
    • session (optional): a ClientSession

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

  • download_to_stream(file_id, destination, session=None)

    Downloads the contents of the stored file specified by file_id and writes the contents to destination.

    For example:

    1. my_db = MongoClient().test
    2. fs = GridFSBucket(my_db)
    3. # Get _id of file to read
    4. file_id = fs.upload_from_stream("test_file", "data I want to store!")
    5. # Get file to write to
    6. file = open('myfile','wb+')
    7. fs.download_to_stream(file_id, file)
    8. file.seek(0)
    9. contents = file.read()

    Raises NoFile if no file with file_id exists.

    Parameters:
    • file_id: The _id of the file to be downloaded.
    • destination: a file-like object implementing write().
    • session (optional): a ClientSession

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

  • download_to_stream_by_name(filename, destination, revision=-1, session=None)

    Write the contents of filename (with optional revision) to destination.

    For example:

    1. my_db = MongoClient().test
    2. fs = GridFSBucket(my_db)
    3. # Get file to write to
    4. file = open('myfile','wb')
    5. fs.download_to_stream_by_name("test_file", file)

    Raises NoFile if no such version of that file exists.

    Raises ValueError if filename is not a string.

    Parameters:
    • filename: The name of the file to read from.
    • destination: A file-like object that implements write().
    • revision (optional): Which revision (documents with the same filename and different uploadDate) of the file to retrieve. Defaults to -1 (the most recent revision).
    • session (optional): a ClientSession
    Note:

    Revision numbers are defined as follows:

    • 0 = the original stored file
    • 1 = the first revision
    • 2 = the second revision
    • etc…
    • -2 = the second most recent revision
    • -1 = the most recent revision

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

  • find(\args, **kwargs*)

    Find and return the files collection documents that match filter

    Returns a cursor that iterates across files matching arbitrary queries on the files collection. Can be combined with other modifiers for additional control.

    For example:

    1. for grid_data in fs.find({"filename": "lisa.txt"},
    2.                         no_cursor_timeout=True):
    3.     data = grid_data.read()

    would iterate through all versions of “lisa.txt” stored in GridFS. Note that setting no_cursor_timeout to True may be important to prevent the cursor from timing out during long multi-file processing work.

    As another example, the call:

    1. most_recent_three = fs.find().sort("uploadDate", -1).limit(3)

    would return a cursor to the three most recently uploaded files in GridFS.

    Follows a similar interface to find() in Collection.

    If a ClientSession is passed to find(), all returned GridOut instances are associated with that session.

    Parameters:
    • filter: Search query.
    • batch_size (optional): The number of documents to return per batch.
    • limit (optional): The maximum number of documents to return.
    • no_cursor_timeout (optional): The server normally times out idle cursors after an inactivity period (10 minutes) to prevent excess memory use. Set this option to True prevent that.
    • skip (optional): The number of documents to skip before returning.
    • sort (optional): The order by which to sort results. Defaults to None.

  • open_download_stream(file_id, session=None)

    Opens a Stream from which the application can read the contents of the stored file specified by file_id.

    For example:

    1. my_db = MongoClient().test
    2. fs = GridFSBucket(my_db)
    3. # get _id of file to read.
    4. file_id = fs.upload_from_stream("test_file", "data I want to store!")
    5. grid_out = fs.open_download_stream(file_id)
    6. contents = grid_out.read()

    Returns an instance of GridOut.

    Raises NoFile if no file with file_id exists.

    Parameters:
    • file_id: The _id of the file to be downloaded.
    • session (optional): a ClientSession

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

  • open_download_stream_by_name(filename, revision=-1, session=None)

    Opens a Stream from which the application can read the contents of filename and optional revision.

    For example:

    1. my_db = MongoClient().test
    2. fs = GridFSBucket(my_db)
    3. grid_out = fs.open_download_stream_by_name("test_file")
    4. contents = grid_out.read()

    Returns an instance of GridOut.

    Raises NoFile if no such version of that file exists.

    Raises ValueError filename is not a string.

    Parameters:
    • filename: The name of the file to read from.
    • revision (optional): Which revision (documents with the same filename and different uploadDate) of the file to retrieve. Defaults to -1 (the most recent revision).
    • session (optional): a ClientSession
    Note:

    Revision numbers are defined as follows:

    • 0 = the original stored file
    • 1 = the first revision
    • 2 = the second revision
    • etc…
    • -2 = the second most recent revision
    • -1 = the most recent revision

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

  • open_upload_stream(filename, chunk_size_bytes=None, metadata=None, session=None)

    Opens a Stream that the application can write the contents of the file to.

    The user must specify the filename, and can choose to add any additional information in the metadata field of the file document or modify the chunk size. For example:

    1. my_db = MongoClient().test
    2. fs = GridFSBucket(my_db)
    3. grid_in = fs.open_upload_stream(
    4.       "test_file", chunk_size_bytes=4,
    5.       metadata={"contentType": "text/plain"})
    6. grid_in.write("data I want to store!")
    7. grid_in.close()  # uploaded on close

    Returns an instance of GridIn.

    Raises NoFile if no such version of that file exists. Raises ValueError if filename is not a string.

    Parameters:
    • filename: The name of the file to upload.
    • chunk_size_bytes (options): The number of bytes per chunk of this file. Defaults to the chunk_size_bytes in GridFSBucket.
    • metadata (optional): User data for the ‘metadata’ field of the files collection document. If not provided the metadata field will be omitted from the files collection document.
    • session (optional): a ClientSession

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

  • open_upload_stream_with_id(file_id, filename, chunk_size_bytes=None, metadata=None, session=None)

    Opens a Stream that the application can write the contents of the file to.

    The user must specify the file id and filename, and can choose to add any additional information in the metadata field of the file document or modify the chunk size. For example:

    1. my_db = MongoClient().test
    2. fs = GridFSBucket(my_db)
    3. grid_in = fs.open_upload_stream_with_id(
    4.       ObjectId(),
    5.       "test_file",
    6.       chunk_size_bytes=4,
    7.       metadata={"contentType": "text/plain"})
    8. grid_in.write("data I want to store!")
    9. grid_in.close()  # uploaded on close

    Returns an instance of GridIn.

    Raises NoFile if no such version of that file exists. Raises ValueError if filename is not a string.

    Parameters:
    • file_id: The id to use for this file. The id must not have already been used for another file.
    • filename: The name of the file to upload.
    • chunk_size_bytes (options): The number of bytes per chunk of this file. Defaults to the chunk_size_bytes in GridFSBucket.
    • metadata (optional): User data for the ‘metadata’ field of the files collection document. If not provided the metadata field will be omitted from the files collection document.
    • session (optional): a ClientSession

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

  • rename(file_id, new_filename, session=None)

    Renames the stored file with the specified file_id.

    For example:

    1. my_db = MongoClient().test
    2. fs = GridFSBucket(my_db)
    3. # Get _id of file to rename
    4. file_id = fs.upload_from_stream("test_file", "data I want to store!")
    5. fs.rename(file_id, "new_test_name")

    Raises NoFile if no file with file_id exists.

    Parameters:
    • file_id: The _id of the file to be renamed.
    • new_filename: The new name of the file.
    • session (optional): a ClientSession

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

  • upload_from_stream(filename, source, chunk_size_bytes=None, metadata=None, session=None)

    Uploads a user file to a GridFS bucket.

    Reads the contents of the user file from source and uploads it to the file filename. Source can be a string or file-like object. For example:

    1. my_db = MongoClient().test
    2. fs = GridFSBucket(my_db)
    3. file_id = fs.upload_from_stream(
    4.     "test_file",
    5.     "data I want to store!",
    6.     chunk_size_bytes=4,
    7.     metadata={"contentType": "text/plain"})

    Returns the _id of the uploaded file.

    Raises NoFile if no such version of that file exists. Raises ValueError if filename is not a string.

    Parameters:
    • filename: The name of the file to upload.
    • source: The source stream of the content to be uploaded. Must be a file-like object that implements read() or a string.
    • chunk_size_bytes (options): The number of bytes per chunk of this file. Defaults to the chunk_size_bytes of GridFSBucket.
    • metadata (optional): User data for the ‘metadata’ field of the files collection document. If not provided the metadata field will be omitted from the files collection document.
    • session (optional): a ClientSession

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

  • upload_from_stream_with_id(file_id, filename, source, chunk_size_bytes=None, metadata=None, session=None)

    Uploads a user file to a GridFS bucket with a custom file id.

    Reads the contents of the user file from source and uploads it to the file filename. Source can be a string or file-like object. For example:

    1. my_db = MongoClient().test
    2. fs = GridFSBucket(my_db)
    3. file_id = fs.upload_from_stream(
    4.     ObjectId(),
    5.     "test_file",
    6.     "data I want to store!",
    7.     chunk_size_bytes=4,
    8.     metadata={"contentType": "text/plain"})

    Raises NoFile if no such version of that file exists. Raises ValueError if filename is not a string.

    Parameters:
    • file_id: The id to use for this file. The id must not have already been used for another file.
    • filename: The name of the file to upload.
    • source: The source stream of the content to be uploaded. Must be a file-like object that implements read() or a string.
    • chunk_size_bytes (options): The number of bytes per chunk of this file. Defaults to the chunk_size_bytes of GridFSBucket.
    • metadata (optional): User data for the ‘metadata’ field of the files collection document. If not provided the metadata field will be omitted from the files collection document.
    • session (optional): a ClientSession

    Changed in version 3.6: Added session parameter.

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