Django Random Image From Folder

Django Random Image From Folder is a simple app to load a random image from a specified directory.

It's trivially simple but I've needed it a few times so I thought maybe others have too.

Installation

Add 'random_image_from_folder' to INSTALLED_APPS.

All settings are optional

RANDOM_IMAGE_DIR

Default: Not defined

A path to the directory from which to load the random images. Relative to MEDIA_ROOT.

Note: Passing a path to the template tag will always override the RANDOM_IMAGE_DIR setting.

RANDOM_IMAGE_EXTENSIONS

Default: ['.jpg','.jpeg','.png','.gif']

A list containing extensions to be considered when choosing a random image.

Pass in a path to the image directory:

{% load random_image %}
<img src="{{ MEDIA_URL}}{% random_image "path/to/image/dir" %}">

The path to the image directory should be relative to MEDIA_ROOT.

or if you have added RANDOM_IMAGE_DIR to your settings file:

{% load random_image  %}
<img src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}{% random_image %}">

That's it! Simple as it gets.