BlobFile

A product for storing binary data outside of the ZODB and directly onto the filesystem.

Current release

No stable release available yet.

Project Description

BlobFile is a Plone integration product which exposes the Zope 2 blob product via the Archetypes framework. This means data can be stored outside of the ZODB and directly onto the filesystem. It provides two things:

  1. An Archetypes field that stores it's data externally on the filesystem via the blob product.
  2. A content type that extends the standard Plone ATContentTypes File content type but uses the new blob-based Archetypes field for storing the actual data.

Requirements

  • Zope 2.8+
  • Archetypes 1.3+
  • blob 0.5+

Installation

  1. Ensure all requirements are met and install the BlobFile product into the $INSTANCE_HOME/Products directory
  2. (Re)start Zope.
  3. Within a Plone site, use the quickinstaller tool to install the BlobFile product.

Testing

To run the BlobFile tests you must use the standard Zope testrunner:

$INSTANCE_HOME/bin/zopectl test -s Products.BlobFile

Licensing

This product is governed by the GPL (GNU Public License). Please see LICENSE.txt for further details.

Credits

This product was originally developed by Enfold Systems. The move into the collective svn repository and subsequent documentation updating has been provided by Rocky Burt (rocky AT serverzen.com) from ServerZen Software.