Using a custom directory structure | laravel-medialibrary | Spatie SPATIE Laravel Media Library ======================== spatie.be/open-source [Docs](https://spatie.be/docs) [Laravel-medialibrary](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9) Advanced-usage Using a custom directory structure Version v11 v10 v9 v8 v7 v6 v5 v4 v3 Other versions for crawler [v11](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11) [v10](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v10) [v9](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9) [v8](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v8) [v7](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v7) [v6](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v6) [v5](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v5) [v4](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v4) [v3](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3) - [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/introduction) - [ Support us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/support-us) - [ Base installation ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/installation-setup) - [ Questions and issues ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/questions-issues) - [ Requirements ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/requirements) - [ Upgrading ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/upgrading) - [ Changelog ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/changelog) - [ Troubleshooting ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/troubleshooting) - [ About us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/about-us) Basic usage ----------- - [ Preparing your model ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/basic-usage/preparing-your-model) - [ Associating files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/basic-usage/associating-files) - [ Retrieving media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/basic-usage/retrieving-media) Working with media collections ------------------------------ - [ Simple media collections ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/working-with-media-collections/simple-media-collections) - [ Defining media collections ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/working-with-media-collections/defining-media-collections) Converting images ----------------- - [ Defining conversions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/converting-images/defining-conversions) - [ Retrieving converted images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/converting-images/retrieving-converted-images) - [ Optimizing converted images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/converting-images/optimizing-converted-images) - [ Regenerating images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/converting-images/regenerating-images) Handling uploads with Media Library Pro --------------------------------------- - [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/introduction) - [ Installation ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/installation) - [ Processing uploads on the server ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/processing-uploads-on-the-server) - [ Handling uploads with Blade ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/handling-uploads-with-blade) - [ Handling uploads with Livewire ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/handling-uploads-with-livewire) - [ Handling uploads with Vue ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/handling-uploads-with-vue) - [ Handling uploads with React ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/handling-uploads-with-react) - [ Creating custom Vue components ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/creating-custom-vue-components) - [ Creating custom React components ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/creating-custom-react-components) - [ Customizing CSS ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/customizing-css) Responsive images ----------------- - [ Getting started with responsive images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/responsive-images/getting-started-with-responsive-images) - [ Using your own width calculator ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/responsive-images/using-your-own-width-calculator) - [ Customizing the rendered html ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/responsive-images/customizing-the-rendered-html) - [ Generating your own tiny placeholder ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/responsive-images/generating-your-own-tiny-placeholder) - [ Responsive images demo ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/responsive-images/demo) Converting other file types --------------------------- - [ Using image generators ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/converting-other-file-types/using-image-generators) - [ Creating a custom image generator ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/converting-other-file-types/creating-a-custom-image-generator) Downloading media ----------------- - [ Downloading a single file ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/downloading-media/downloading-a-single-file) - [ Downloading multiple files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/downloading-media/downloading-multiple-files) Advanced usage -------------- - [ Working with multiple filesystems ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/working-with-multiple-filesystems) - [ Using custom properties ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/using-custom-properties) - [ Storing media specific manipulations ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/storing-media-specific-manipulations) - [ Using your own model ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/using-your-own-model) - [ Outputting media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/outputting-media) - [ Rendering media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/rendering-media) - [ Using a custom directory structure ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/using-a-custom-directory-structure) - [ Ordering media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/ordering-media) - [ Using a custom media downloader ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/using-a-custom-media-downloader) - [ Moving media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/moving-media) - [ Consuming events ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/consuming-events) - [ Generating custom urls ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/generating-custom-urls) - [ Overriding default filesystem behavior ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/overriding-the-default-filesystem-behaviour) - [ Naming generated files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/naming-files) - [ Disable CDN ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/disable-cdn) - [ Customising Database Connections ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/customising-database-connections) API --- - [ Adding files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/api/adding-files) - [ Defining conversions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/api/defining-conversions) You are viewing the documentation for **an older version** of this package. You can check the version you are using with the following command: ` composer show spatie/laravel-medialibrary ` Using a custom directory structure ================================== ### On this page 1. [ Are you a visual learner? ](#content-are-you-a-visual-learner) By default, files will be stored inside a directory that uses the `id` of its `Media`-object as a name. Converted images will be stored inside a directory named `conversions`. ``` media ---- 1 ------ file.jpg ------ conversions --------- small.jpg --------- medium.jpg --------- big.jpg ---- 2 ------ file.jpg ------ conversions --------- small.jpg --------- medium.jpg --------- big.jpg ... ``` Putting files inside their own folders guarantees that files with the same name can be added without any problems. To override this default folder structure, a class that conforms to the `PathGenerator`-interface can be specified as the `path_generator` in the config file. Let's take a look at the interface: ``` namespace Spatie\MediaLibrary\Support\PathGenerator; use Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\Models\Media; interface PathGenerator { /* * Get the path for the given media, relative to the root storage path. */ public function getPath(Media $media): string; /* * Get the path for conversions of the given media, relative to the root storage path. */ public function getPathForConversions(Media $media): string; /* * Get the path for responsive images of the given media, relative to the root storage path. */ public function getPathForResponsiveImages(Media $media): string; } ``` There aren't any restrictions on how the directories can be named. When a `Media`-object gets deleted the package will delete its entire associated directory. To avoid tears or worse, make sure that every media gets stored its own unique directory. Are you a visual learner? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's a video that shows customize paths Want to see more videos like this? Check out our [free video course on how to use Laravel Media Library](https://spatie.be/videos/discovering-laravel-media-library).