File types for attachments

attachment_file_type · OCA/knowledge

    Repository
    OCA/knowledge · module folder · Try on Runboat
    Module version
    1.0
    Category
    Knowledge Management
    Folder size
    0.01 MB
    License
    AGPL-3
    Application
    No
    Auto-installable
    No
    Website
    None
    Last tracking update
    2026-08-07 06:51:52
    Authors
    Odoo Community Association (OCA), Therp BV
    Maintainers
    Odoo Community Association (OCA), Therp BV
    Committers
    Stefan Rijnhart, Alexandre Fayolle
    Odoo dependencies
    odoo/odoo:
    - base
    Python dependencies
    magic
    System dependencies
    None
    Required by
    None
    Description
    File types for attachments
==========================
Adds a content type to attachments. This is useful for instance in combination
with http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ocb/ocb-web/6.1/revision/2524, which makes
Odoo offer downloads with the correct file type based on this field.

The document module makes this field available as well. This module does not
interfere with its functionality when both are installed.

Installation
============
To install this module, you need to install python-magic in your environment
first.

Configuration
=============
This module comes with a daily scheduled task to provide content types for
attachments without one in small batches (instead of trying to do this for all
attachments at installation time). Depending on the number of attachments in
your system you may deactivate this task after some time. You can follow the
progress in the logs at the time that the cron job is fired.

Credits
=======
Contributors
------------

* Stefan Rijnhart <stefan@therp.nl>
* Holger Brunn <hbrunn@therp.nl>

Maintainer
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.. image:: http://odoo-community.org/logo.png
   :alt: Odoo Community Association
   :target: http://odoo-community.org

This module is maintained by the OCA.

OCA, or the Odoo Community Association, is a nonprofit organization whose
mission is to support the collaborative development of Odoo features and
promote its widespread use.

To contribute to this module, please visit http://odoo-community.org.

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    Public methods (4)
    • create(self, cr, uid, vals, context=None)
      Determine the mime type when the attachment is created
    • update_file_type(self, cr, uid, ids, force=False, context=None)
      Write the file types for these attachments. If the document module is installed, don't do anything unless in force mode.
    • update_file_type_from_cron(self, cr, uid, count=10000, context=None)
    • write(self, cr, uid, ids, vals, context=None)
      Update the mime type when the contents are overwritten