trying to fix error with cropped hphoto

.gitignore

@@ -117,4 +117,5 @@ staticfiles/*
 
 # media files
 media
-media/*
+media/*
+tex_media/*

config/settings.py

@@ -444,7 +444,10 @@
 # LaTex settings
 # LATEX_INTERPRETER = "pdflatex" # pdflatex, latex, xelatex, lualatex
 # LATEX_INTERPRETER_OPTIONS = "-interaction=nonstopmode"
-LATEX_GRAPHICSPATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "media")
+# LATEX_GRAPHICSPATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "media") # changed 05.01.2024
+
+TEX_MEDIA_DIR = BASE_DIR / "tex_media"
+LATEX_GRAPHICSPATH = [TEX_MEDIA_DIR]
 
 
 # crispy forms

core/models/profiles.py

@@ -483,10 +483,21 @@ def has_photo(self):
         return to_check != "" and to_check is not None
 
     @cached_property
-    def photo_path(self):
+    def photo_path_old(self):
         if self.has_photo:
             return self.cropped_photo.path
 
+    @cached_property
+    def photo_path(self):
+        if self.has_photo:
+            self.cropped_photo.seek(0)
+            photobytes = self.cropped_photo.read()
+            local_path = settings.TEX_MEDIA_DIR / self.cropped_photo.name
+            local_path.parent.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
+            with open(local_path, "wb") as f:
+                f.write(photobytes)
+            return local_path
+
     @classmethod
     def create_template_profiles(cls):
         from ..factories.profiles import ProfileFactory

core/tex/extensions.py

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 
 def format_path_for_latex(path):
+    if not isinstance(path, str):
+        path = str(path)
+
     path = path.replace("\\", "/")
     if not path.endswith("/"):
         path += "/"