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Downloading a file via base64

I am using django-avatars to process user profile avatars for my site. I am currently developing my own application for Android, which includes the ability to download avatars. I pass the image data through the get parameter encoded in base 64. In my Django view, I have

data = base64.b64decode(request.POST['data'])    
out = open("etc/test.jpeg", "wb")
out.write(data)
out.close()

to decode the image. This works fine (test.jpeg is the file I want it to be), but I am having trouble linking this to django avatars.

Looking through the source of django-avatars, the following is used to create a new avatar:

avatar = Avatar(
    user = request.user,
    primary = True,
)
image_file = request.FILES['avatar']
avatar.avatar.save(image_file.name, image_file)
avatar.save()

My question is how can I convert the data of my file to the required request.FILES format (or what is the easiest way to rewrite the save method to accept my format)

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request.FILES . StringIO, django.core.files.File, save().

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