Adding Image to MySQL Blob column in Tkinter

import tkinter as tkfrom tkinter import filedialogfrom tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilefrom PIL import Image, ImageTkfrom sqlalchemy import create_engine
my_w = tk.Tk()my_w.geometry("400x300")  # Size of the window my_w.title('www.plus2net.com')my_font1=('times', 18, 'bold')l1 = tk.Label(my_w,text='Add Student Data with Photo',font=my_font1)  l1.grid(row=1,column=1,columnspan=5)
l2 = tk.Label(my_w,  text='Name', width=10 )  # added one Label l2.grid(row=2,column=1)
e1 = tk.Entry(my_w,width=10,bg='yellow') # added one Entry boxe1.grid(row=2,column=2)
my_list = [1,2,3,4] # options to appear for selectionoptions = tk.StringVar(my_w)
options.set(my_list[1]) # default value selectedom1 =tk.OptionMenu(my_w, options, *my_list)
om1.grid(row=2,column=3) # displaying option Menub1 = tk.Button(my_w, text='Upload File',    command = lambda:upload_file())b1.grid(row=2,column=4) 
my_font=('times', 12, 'bold')b2 = tk.Button(my_w, text='Add data', font=my_font,   command = lambda:add_data())b2.grid(row=2,column=5,padx=20) global filename # Access this from both functions##### function to upload_file() ######## function to add_data() ####my_w.mainloop()  # Keep the window open

def upload_file(): # Image upload and display    global filename,img    f_types =[('Png files','*.png'),('Jpg Files', '*.jpg')]    filename = filedialog.askopenfilename(filetypes=f_types)    img = ImageTk.PhotoImage(file=filename)    b2 =tk.Button(my_w,image=img) # using Button     b2.grid(row=4,column=1,columnspan=2)#display uploaded photo

def add_data(): # Add data to MySQL table     global img , filename     fob=open(filename,'rb') # filename from upload_file()    fob=fob.read()    data=(options.get(),e1.get(),fob) # tuple with data     my_conn = create_engine("mysql+mysqldb://root:test@localhost/my_tutorial")    id=my_conn.execute("INSERT INTO  student_profile(id,student,profile_photo) \                  VALUES (%s,%s,%s)",data)    print("Row Added  = ",id.rowcount) # displayed in console     my_w.destroy() # close window after adding data

1. The button to add data can be kept as disabled unless some minimum length of text is entered as name and the image file is uploaded. Read how to disable / enable a button here
2. While displaying the image the size can be reduced to match the window size. Here all sample images shown are of small sizes so they fit to the window. Check how to reduce the size of the image using PIL
3. Check if the ID selected by the user is already available in the table.

import tkinter as tkfrom tkinter import filedialogfrom tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilefrom PIL import Image, ImageTkfrom sqlalchemy import create_enginemy_w = tk.Tk()my_w.geometry("400x300")  # Size of the window my_w.title('www.plus2net.com')my_font1=('times', 18, 'bold')
l1 = tk.Label(my_w,text='Add Student Data with Photo',font=my_font1)  l1.grid(row=1,column=1,columnspan=5)
l2 = tk.Label(my_w,  text='Name', width=10 )  # added one Label l2.grid(row=2,column=1)
e1 = tk.Entry(my_w,width=10,bg='yellow') # added one Entry boxe1.grid(row=2,column=2)
my_list = [1,2,3,4] # options to appear for selectionoptions = tk.StringVar(my_w)
options.set(my_list[1]) # default value selectedom1 =tk.OptionMenu(my_w, options, *my_list)
om1.grid(row=2,column=3) # displaying option Menub2 = tk.Button(my_w, text='Upload File',    command = lambda:upload_file())b2.grid(row=2,column=4) my_font=('times', 12, 'bold')b3 = tk.Button(my_w, text='Add data', font=my_font,   command = lambda:add_data())b3.grid(row=2,column=5,padx=20) 
global filename # Access this from both functionsdef upload_file(): # Image upload and display    global filename,img    f_types =[('Png files','*.png'),('Jpg Files', '*.jpg')]    filename = filedialog.askopenfilename(filetypes=f_types)    img = ImageTk.PhotoImage(file=filename)    b2 =tk.Button(my_w,image=img) # using Button     b2.grid(row=4,column=1,columnspan=2)#display uploaded photo
def add_data(): # Add data to MySQL table     global img , filename     fob=open(filename,'rb') # filename from upload_file()    fob=fob.read()    data=(options.get(),e1.get(),fob) # tuple with data     my_conn = create_engine("mysql+mysqldb://root:test@localhost/my_tutorial")    id=my_conn.execute("INSERT INTO  student_profile(id,student,profile_photo) \                 VALUES (%s,%s,%s)",data)    print("Row Added  = ",id.rowcount) # displayed in console     my_w.destroy() # close window after adding data
my_w.mainloop()  # Keep the window open

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