Django Random Image is a simple app to load a random image from a specified directory.
It's trivially simple but I've needed it a few times so I thought maybe others have too.
Add 'random_image' to INSTALLED_APPS.
All settings are optional
RANDOM_IMAGE_DIR
Default: Not defined
A path to the directory from which to load the random images. Relative to MEDIA_ROOT.
Note: Passing a path to the template tag will always override the RANDOM_IMAGE_DIR setting.
RANDOM_IMAGE_EXTENSIONS
Default: ['.jpg','.jpeg','.png','.gif']
A list containing extensions to be considered when choosing a random image.
Pass in a path to the image directory:
{% load random_image %}
<img src="{{ MEDIA_URL}}{% random_image "path/to/image/dir" %}">
The path to the image directory should be relative to MEDIA_ROOT.
or if you have added RANDOM_IMAGE_DIR to your settings file:
{% load random_image %}
<img src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}{% random_image %}">
That's it! Simple as it gets.