From 8f8b020cf0628d42c8eeffa952b9500a4bcc9d7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: soh55 <109045159+soh55@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 22:57:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update models.py

Django 4.2 deprecated `get_storage_class`. Publishing a change to source storage from `from django.core.files.storage import storages`
---
 avatar/models.py | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/avatar/models.py b/avatar/models.py
index eca4f67..541041d 100644
--- a/avatar/models.py
+++ b/avatar/models.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from io import BytesIO
 
 from django.core.files import File
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
-from django.core.files.storage import get_storage_class
+from django.core.files.storage import storages
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models import signals
 from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_str
@@ -17,7 +17,18 @@ from PIL import Image, ImageOps
 from avatar.conf import settings
 from avatar.utils import get_username, invalidate_cache
 
-avatar_storage = get_storage_class(settings.AVATAR_STORAGE)()
+
+try:
+    # From Django 4.2 use django.core.files.storage.storages in favor
+    # of the deprecated django.core.files.storage.get_storage_class
+    from django.core.files.storage import storages
+
+    avatar_storage = storages["staticfiles"].__class__
+except ImportError:
+    # Backwards compatibility for Django versions prior to 4.2
+    from django.core.files.storage import get_storage_class
+
+    avatar_storage = get_storage_class(settings.STATICFILES_STORAGE)
 
 
 def avatar_path_handler(