How to use manually added images from /media/part_images/ as part images?

[WallK]

I have uploaded some images to part_images folder and also created a subfolder there with more images inside
They are in .gif and .webp formats

So how do I attach them to parts now? They are not appearing on the frontend
Maybe there's a way to force folder scan and thumbnail generation?

Thanks!

[SchrodingersGat]

@WallK images should be uploaded via the web interface, and not manually added to the media directory. There is no way to link images from the media directory - you have to upload them via either the web interface or the API.

You can read more about this here - https://docs.inventree.org/en/latest/part/part/#part-images

As a side note - I am curious why you attempted it this way. Was there something in the documentation which alluded to this being the right approach? :)

[SchrodingersGat]

Firstly, I was reading stable docs, which does not include this part

I only just added this information :)

In terms of workflow, I'd suggest you look at the the python interface or API to automate the process a bit.

[WallK]

I'll look into uploading images programmatically, thanks!
But as far as I understood -- no folders for me, huh?

[SchrodingersGat]

No folders for you!

[WallK]

I'll go read up on Django, maybe there will be folders for me in the future! (:

[matmair]

This workflow is really not how it is intended. You should not touch the server-managed filesystem as there are a lot of security issues that could crop up.
You could built a function to reassign files from a folder - it is not worth the effort for core (unit tests, docs etc. need to be done to keep it stable) in my opinion. I suggest using the API and uploading the files with the python bindings.