Image Gallery Using Django

Are you looking to create an image gallery using Django? You’ve come to the right place. Django is a powerful web framework for building web applications, and it makes it easy to create an image gallery with just a few lines of code. In this article, we’ll show you how to build an image gallery using Django and HTML.

Setting Up Your Django Project

Before you start creating your image gallery, make sure you have Django installed on your system. If you don’t have it installed, you can install it using pip:

pip install django

Once you have Django installed, create a new Django project and app:

django-admin startproject gallery_project
cd gallery_project
python manage.py startapp gallery

Creating the Image Model

Now that you have your Django project set up, you can create the model for your images. Open the models.py file in your gallery app and define the Image model:

from django.db import models

class Image(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to='images/')
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title

Creating the Image Gallery View

Next, create a view to display the images in your gallery. Open the views.py file in your gallery app and define the gallery view:

from django.shortcuts import render
from .models import Image

def gallery_view(request):
    images = Image.objects.all()
    return render(request, 'gallery/gallery.html', {'images': images})

Creating the HTML Template

Now, create the HTML template to display the images in your gallery. Create a new file called gallery.html in the templates/gallery/ directory and add the following code:

    


    
Image Gallery
    

        {% for image in images %}
            
        {% endfor %}
    

Adding URLs

Finally, you need to add a URL pattern to your Django project to route requests to the gallery view. Open the urls.py file in your gallery app and add the following code:

from django.urls import path
from .views import gallery_view

urlpatterns = [
    path('gallery/', gallery_view, name='gallery'),
]

Conclusion

And that’s it! You’ve now created an image gallery using Django and HTML. You can now run your Django project and navigate to the /gallery/ URL to see your image gallery in action. With Django’s powerful framework and HTML, you can easily create and customize your image galleries to fit the needs of your project. Happy coding!