django_sorl_thumbnail_template_tag_image_resize.py

1# 1. Add 'sorl.thumbnail' to your INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py
2INSTALLED_APPS = [
3    # ...
4    'sorl.thumbnail',
5]
6
7# 2. Example usage in a Django Template
8{% load thumbnail %}
9
10{# Basic usage: Resize 'my_image' to 200x200 and crop it to fit #}
11{% thumbnail item.image "200x200" crop="center" as im %}
12    <img src="{{ im.url }}" width="{{ im.width }}" height="{{ im.height }}">
13{% empty %}
14    <p>No image found.</p>
15{% endthumbnail %}
16
17# 3. Example usage in Python code (e.g., in a view or script)
18from sorl.thumbnail import get_thumbnail
19
20def my_view(request):
21    # Assuming 'item' is a model instance with an ImageField named 'image'
22    im = get_thumbnail(item.image, '100x100', crop='center', quality=99)
23    # im.url will contain the URL to the generated thumbnail
24    return render(request, 'my_template.html', {'thumbnail_url': im.url})