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Django File (and Image) Uploads Tutorial This tutorial shows how to implement file and then image uploading with Django. We’ll build a basic Instagram clone. Setup If you’re on a Mac the  Desktop  is a convenient place to put our code. The location doesn’t matter; it just needs to be easily available. On the command line, navigate there and create a directory  insta  for our files. We will use  Pipenv  to install both Django and  pillow  which is a Python image process library Django relies on for image files. For non-image file uploads  pillow  is not needed. Finally activate our new virtual environment with the  shell  command. $ cd ~/Desktop $ mkdir insta && cd insta $ pipenv install django==2.1.5 pillow==5.4.1 $ pipenv shell (insta) $ You should see  (insta)  going forward to indicate we’re in an active virtual environment. You can type  exit  at any time to leave it and  pipenv shell  to re-enter. Project and App Now create our new Django project cal