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feat: add HEIC/HEIF image format support #44

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9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions Dockerfile
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FROM ubuntu:24.04
FROM ubuntu:26.04

LABEL maintainer="Specify Collections Consortium <github.com/specify>"

RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
ghostscript \
imagemagick \
python3.12 \
python3.12-venv \
libheif-plugin-libde265 \
python3.14 \
python3.14-venv \
&& apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

RUN groupadd -g 999 specify && \
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COPY --chown=specify:specify requirements.txt .

RUN python3.12 -m venv ve && ve/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
RUN python3.14 -m venv ve && ve/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

COPY --chown=specify:specify *.py views ./

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions server.py
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root, ext = path.splitext(storename)

if mimetype in ('application/pdf', 'image/tiff'):
# use PNG for PDF thumbnails
if mimetype in ('application/pdf', 'image/tiff', 'image/heic', 'image/heif'):
# use PNG for PDF and HEIC thumbnails (ImageMagick can only read HEIC, not write)
ext = '.png'

scaled_name = "%s_%d%s" % (root, scale, ext)
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion settings.py
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ORIG_DIR = 'originals'

# Set of mime types that the server will try to thumbnail.
CAN_THUMBNAIL = {'image/jpeg', 'image/gif', 'image/png', 'image/tiff', 'application/pdf'}
CAN_THUMBNAIL = {'image/jpeg', 'image/gif', 'image/png', 'image/tiff', 'application/pdf', 'image/heic', 'image/heif'}

# What HTTP server to use for stand-alone operation.
# SERVER = 'paste' # Requires python-paste package. Fast, and seems to work good.
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