Introducing django-chunked-upload

django-chunked-upload is a Django add-on (a “Django app”) that makes it easy to upload very large files by splitting them into smaller pieces, or chunks. Instead of sending one giant file all at once, the browser sends many smaller parts to the server. The library then stitches these chunks back together. In practice, this means a user can resume an upload if something goes wrong – for example, if the network drops, they don’t have to restart from zero. In fact, the library’s description says it “enables users to upload large files… in multiple chunks, with the ability to resume if the upload is interrupted”. One blog explains the idea simply: “you break a file into chunks, and upload them separately instead of the entire thing in one go”. Django-chunked-upload automates this process on the server side so you don’t have to write all the logic yourself.

Why chunked ...