Python PNG Viewer(Browser Based)

Arshpreet Singh arsh840 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 4 01:27:51 EST 2015


On Tuesday, 3 November 2015 21:32:03 UTC+5:30, Chris Warrick  wrote:
> On 3 November 2015 at 12:54, Arshpreet Singh <arsh840 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I am looking for Browser-based PNG file viewer written in
> > Python.(Flask framework preferably)
> >
> > Following project(Flask-Based) provides many things(File manager as
> > well as file viewer)  but it does not support PNG files.
> >
> > https://github.com/vmi356/filemanager
> >
> > Any idea if I have to write my own browser based PNG viewer from
> > scratch(Using PIL or other required library)
> >
> > On the other side if I have to write only Desktop-based only two lines
> > are enough to do many things:
> >
> > Like,
> >
> > from PIL import Image
> > f = Image.open("file.png").show()
> >
> >
> > But I am not getting right sense that how to make possible using Python+Flask.
> >
> > Hope I am able to tell my problem?
> > --
> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
> 
> Your problem is lack of basic understanding of the Internet. 

Yes That's true at some level.

>Because
> EVERY graphical web browser supports PNG files NATIVELY. With a single
> <img> tag.

That is easily understandable. 
 
> Just figure out where to add the PNG handler code and read any random
> "how to add images to a webpage" tutorial.
> You might need a new template and some code that is aware of the file
> being an image. But absolutely no PNG viewer is necessary.

My present working system shows me list of all files (PNGs, JPGs, txt, SVGs) in browser, when I click on file it opens it and show contents of it. but PNG and JPGs are not working. Surely handling one PNG file is easy but no idea how to solve multiple file situation.



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