customfield.py

import uuid
import requests

from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
from django.db import models
from django.db.models.fields.files import ImageFileDescriptor, ImageFieldFile


class UrlImageFileDescriptor(ImageFileDescriptor):
    def __init__(self, field):
        super(UrlImageFileDescriptor, self).__init__(field)

    def __set__(self, instance, value):
        if not value:
            return
        if isinstance(value, str):
            value = value.strip()
            if len(value) < 1:
                return
            if value == self.__get__(instance):
                return
            # Fetch and store image
            try:
                response = requests.get(value, stream=True)
                _file = ""
                for chunk in response.iter_content():
                    _file+=chunk
                headers = response.headers
                if 'content_type' in headers:
                    content_type = "." + headers['content_type'].split('/')[1]
                else:
                    content_type = "." + value.split('.')[-1]
                name = str(uuid.uuid4()) + content_type
                value = ContentFile(_file, name)
            except Exception as e:
                print e
                pass
        super(UrlImageFileDescriptor,self).__set__(instance, value)

class UrlImageField(models.ImageField):
    descriptor_class = UrlImageFileDescriptor

class TryField(models.Model):
    logo = UrlImageField(upload_to="victor")