User Media

Last Updated: September 2025

This recipe shows how to access the User Media Path using the Tethys Paths API.

The User Media Path is generally used for reading and writing publicly accessible information.

For more information on other types of paths that can be used and more info on using the User Media Path, see the Paths API documentation.

Writing to the User Media Path

from tethys_sdk.routing import controller

@controller(name='profile_view', url='profile_view', user_media=True)
def profile_view(request, user_media):
    if request.method == "POST":
        profile_pic = request.FILES.get("profile_picture")

        destination = user_media.path / "profile_picture.png"
        with destination.open("wb") as destination_file:
            for chunk in profile_pic.chunks():
                destination_file.write(chunk)

Reading from the User Media Path

from django.http import FileResponse
from tethys_sdk.routing import controller

@controller(name='profile_picture', url='profile_picture', user_media=True)
def get_profile_picture(request, user_media):
    file_path = user_media.path / "profile_picture.png"
    return FileResponse(open(file_path, "rb"), content_type="image/png")

Other Methods for Accessing the User Media Path

You can also access the User Media Path using the following functions:

from .app import App
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

user_media_path = App.get_user_media(user).path

from tethys_sdk.paths import get_user_media
from .app import App

def some_function(user):
    user_media_path = get_user_media(App, user).path

def some_controller(request):
    user_media_path = get_user_media(App, request.user).path