import os from common.conf.settings import TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY #http://stackoverflow.com/questions/123198/how-do-i-copy-a-file-in-python def copyfile(source, dest, buffer_size=1024 * 1024): """ Copy a file from source to dest. source and dest can either be strings or any object with a read or write method, like StringIO for example. """ if not hasattr(source, 'read'): source = open(source, 'rb') if not hasattr(dest, 'write'): dest = open(dest, 'wb') while True: copy_buffer = source.read(buffer_size) if copy_buffer: dest.write(copy_buffer) else: break source.close() dest.close() def document_save_to_temp_dir(document, filename, buffer_size=1024 * 1024): temporary_path = os.path.join(TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY, filename) return document.save_to_file(temporary_path, buffer_size)