Create upload directory if it does not exist

aleksis/core/util/core_helpers.py

@@ -133,5 +133,8 @@ def path_and_rename(instance, filename: str, upload_to: str = "files") -> str:
     # set filename as random string
     new_filename = '{}.{}'.format(uuid4().hex, ext)
 
+    # Create upload directory if necessary
+    os.makedirs(os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, upload_to), exist_ok=True)
+
     # return the whole path to the file
     return os.path.join(upload_to, new_filename)