How can I delete an image each time I delete the instance asociated with it?

[sgaseretto]

If I have a model that has an ImageField as an attribute, how can I delete the image each time I do model_instance.delete()? I've seen that there is the deleteorphanedmedia command, but I don't understand how to use it each time I delete something that has an image.
What extra steps do I need to add to achieve this so I stop having orphan images?

[klis87]

This is just how Django works for media files, it works the same for all storages, this is by design. If you dont like it, you can use Django signals or you can delete given file in overwritten delete model method, pls see Django docs for more info

[sgaseretto]

I understand. Is there a way to at least get the public_id from the image and delete it doing something like
cloudinary.uploader.destroy(custommodel.image.public_id,invalidate=True)

[klis87]

Field file actually has delete method, so you should be able to do this: model_instance.file_field.delete() before deleting the whole model instance. (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/models/fields/#django.db.models.fields.files.FieldFile.delete) Also, you should be able to do this: storageInstance.delete(model_instance.file_field.name).

You should never do sth like cloudinary.uploader.destroy(custommodel.image.public_id,invalidate=True), thats why you use storage from this package which does those low level things for you :). See https://github.com/klis87/django-cloudinary-storage/blob/master/cloudinary_storage/storage.py#L73

[sgaseretto]

That is what I was looking for!
I did the following

    storage_instace.delete(name=model_instance.file.name)
    model_instance.delete()

and it works great. Thanks a lot