Store background images in DB, persist SQLite via volume

Dockerfile

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt gunicorn
 
 COPY . .
 
-RUN python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+RUN python manage.py collectstatic --noinput && mkdir -p /app/data
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 

accounts/migrations/0002_userprofile_background_image.py

@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Generated by Django 4.2.29 on 2026-03-15 21:37
-
-import accounts.models
 from django.db import migrations, models
 
 
@@ -13,7 +10,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
     operations = [
         migrations.AddField(
             model_name='userprofile',
-            name='background_image',
+            name='background_image_data',
-            field=models.FileField(blank=True, null=True, upload_to=accounts.models._bg_upload_path),
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True),
         ),
     ]

accounts/models.py

@@ -4,17 +4,12 @@ from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 
 
-def _bg_upload_path(instance, filename):
-    ext = filename.rsplit('.', 1)[-1].lower()
-    return f'backgrounds/bg_{instance.user_id}.{ext}'
-
-
 class UserProfile(models.Model):
     user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='profile')
     lastfm_session_key = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True)
     lastfm_username = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True)
     lastfm_scrobble = models.BooleanField(default=True)
-    background_image = models.FileField(upload_to=_bg_upload_path, null=True, blank=True)
+    background_image_data = models.TextField(blank=True)  # base64 data URL
 
     def has_lastfm(self) -> bool:
         return bool(self.lastfm_session_key)

accounts/views.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import os
+import base64
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login, get_user_model
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
@@ -123,35 +123,29 @@ def upload_background(request):
         return JsonResponse({'error': 'no file'}, status=400)
 
     ext = f.name.rsplit('.', 1)[-1].lower() if '.' in f.name else ''
-    if ext not in ('jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'webp'):
+    mime_map = {'jpg': 'image/jpeg', 'jpeg': 'image/jpeg', 'png': 'image/png', 'webp': 'image/webp'}
+    if ext not in mime_map:
         return JsonResponse({'error': 'only jpg, png, or webp allowed'}, status=400)
 
     if f.size > settings.BG_MAX_BYTES:
         return JsonResponse({'error': 'file too large (max 5 MB)'}, status=400)
 
-    profile = request.user.profile
+    data = base64.b64encode(f.read()).decode('ascii')
-    # Delete old file from disk before replacing
+    data_url = f"data:{mime_map[ext]};base64,{data}"
-    if profile.background_image:
-        old_path = profile.background_image.path
-        if os.path.exists(old_path):
-            os.remove(old_path)
 
-    profile.background_image = f
+    profile = request.user.profile
-    profile.save(update_fields=['background_image'])
+    profile.background_image_data = data_url
-    return JsonResponse({'ok': True, 'url': profile.background_image.url})
+    profile.save(update_fields=['background_image_data'])
+    return JsonResponse({'ok': True, 'url': data_url})
 
 
 @login_required
 @require_http_methods(['POST'])
 def delete_background(request):
     profile = request.user.profile
-    if profile.background_image:
+    profile.background_image_data = ''
-        path = profile.background_image.path
+    profile.save(update_fields=['background_image_data'])
-        if os.path.exists(path):
+    return redirect('settings')
-            os.remove(path)
-        profile.background_image = None
-        profile.save(update_fields=['background_image'])
-    return JsonResponse({'ok': True})
 
 
 @login_required

diora/settings.py

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'diora.wsgi.application'
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'data' / 'db.sqlite3',
     }
 }
 

templates/accounts/settings.html

@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
   <!-- Background section -->
   <section class="settings-section">
     <h2>Background</h2>
-    {% if request.user.profile.background_image %}
+    {% if request.user.profile.background_image_data %}
       <p>
-        <img src="{{ request.user.profile.background_image.url }}" class="bg-preview" alt="Your background">
+        <img src="{{ request.user.profile.background_image_data }}" class="bg-preview" alt="Your background">
       </p>
       <form method="post" action="{% url 'delete_background' %}" class="inline-form">
         {% csrf_token %}

templates/base.html

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
   <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/icon-192.png">
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/app.css">
   <title>{% block title %}diora{% endblock %}</title>
-  {% if user.is_authenticated and user.profile.background_image %}
+  {% if user.is_authenticated and user.profile.background_image_data %}
   <style>
     body {
-      background-image: url('{{ user.profile.background_image.url }}');
+      background-image: url('{{ user.profile.background_image_data }}');
       background-size: cover;
       background-position: center;
       background-attachment: fixed;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   </style>
   {% endif %}
 </head>
-<body{% if user.is_authenticated and user.profile.background_image %} data-bg="{{ user.profile.background_image.url }}"{% endif %}>
+<body{% if user.is_authenticated and user.profile.background_image_data %} data-bg="1"{% endif %}>
   <nav class="navbar">
     <a href="/" class="navbar-brand">diora</a>
     <div class="navbar-links">