Import rar/zip and csv for project tasks

[IoannisSina]

Now only a single file can be uploaded. This issue aims to enable the user upload a zip/rar file of audio files or a csv of comma separated urls.

[SwagatSBhuyan]

Hello, I am new to contributing to open source, and am definitely new to this repository. Some guidance would be appreciated but I feel I will be able to tackle this issue.

[IoannisSina]

Hello, in this issue I need a user to be able to upload a zip or rar file consisting of songs (mp3, mp4, wav). I want to process this file in Django (backend), extract it and save all songs in the database. I was able to achieve this when user uploaded a zip file with the following code:

archive = ZipFile(compressed_file, 'r') # read Zip file
files_names = archive.namelist() # take the names of all files
for filename in files_names:
      new_file = archive.open(filename, 'r')

So the new_file contains the song and I am able to save it to the Database.

I have tried many ways to achieve the same thing with a rar file but an error occurs every time I try.

You can check helpers.py file to see the code. It's in the add_tasks_from_compressed_file function.

[SwagatSBhuyan]

Will this issue be requiring hands on Django experience? I am still a novice in backend but I have decent grasp in Python. I will look into the mentioned script for more details. Thanks!

[IoannisSina]

Actually this is a python issue. There is no library available for reading zip files and extract them. I've tried many libraries but none of them works.

[SwagatSBhuyan]

But, there are libraries that can read rar files right (as far as I know)? Maybe we can find a really handy API out there that graciously converts the zip to rar while uploading, and then we can easily manipulate and work with the rar file in the Django backend. Can this work?

[IoannisSina]

I have already tried this solution. I was not able to find a suitable API. Also I don't know if this solution is ok when talking for time complexity. If you have a suitable API we can try.