import base64 from django.conf import settings from django.core.files.base import ContentFile def decode_base64(my_str, upload_to=None): if "data:" in my_str: my_str = my_str[my_str.index("base64,")+7:] if not upload_to: ext = my_str.split('/')[-1] return ContentFile(base64.b64decode(my_str), name='temp.' + ext) path = "%s/%s" % (settings.MEDIA_ROOT, upload_to) url = "%s%s" % (settings.MEDIA_URL, upload_to) with open(path, "wb") as fh: fh.write(base64.b64decode(my_str)) return url return my_str def get_real_name(array, elem): for i, j in array: if i and (i == elem or j == elem): return i