File handler for django, useful when you want to add control or logic to served files.
It uses sendfile API supports on different servers and uses pythonic solution on django development server.
Currently it supports,

• Apache
• Nginx
• LightHttpd
• Caddy
• Proxygen
• H2O/Reproxy
• Hiawatha

INSTALLATION

use pip to install package:
pip install django-fileprovider

NOTE: if you are installing from github version consider checking releases

• add fileprovider to django INSTALLED_APPS section.
• add fileprovider.middleware.FileProviderMiddleware to MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES section
• set django settings file with FILEPROVIDER_NAME any of available providers python, nginx, apache, lighthttpd, caddy, hiawatha, xsendfile, xaccel.

   
   # or you can put FILEPROVIDER_NAME as python in your local settings file  
   if settings.DEBUG:
       FILEPROVIDER_NAME = "python"
   else:
       # or apache, lighthttpd, caddy
       FILEPROVIDER_NAME = "nginx"

USAGE

on django views where file response is required, fill response header X-File with absolute file path or use sendfile wrapper
for example,

   from fileprovider.utils import sendfile  
   def hello(request):
       return sendfile('/absolute/path/to/file')

   # can be used protecting file access from unauthorized users
   @login_required
   def hello(request, file_id):
       file = get_object_or_404(FileModel, pk=file_id)
       return sendfile(file.path)