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Micah
Micah

Reputation: 116050

Django can't load template

I've tried this several ways with no luck. If I try to render my view like this:

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.template import loader

def index(request):
    render(request, loader.get_template('index.html'))

I get this error:

TemplateDoesNotExist at /

If I change the code to this:

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template.loader import render_to_string

def index(request):
    content = render_to_string('index.html')
    HttpResponse(content)

It actually finds the template and renders it (content gets set to the rendered html) but I get this error now:

ValueError at /
The view home.controller.index didn't return an HttpResponse object.

Here is my folder structure and my settings:

myProject/
    settings.py

    home/
       controller.py
       urls.py
       models.py
       templates/
           home/
               index.html

Inside my setting.py file I have:

SITE_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__name__))
TEMPLATE_DIRS = ( os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'home/templates/home'), )

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'gunicorn',
    'home'
)

I've tried multiple variations for TEMPLATE_DIRS but it's suppose to just pick it up correctly since I have home added as an app I thought. Anyone know what's happening here?

UPDATE

A combination of things fixed this. First of all a return statement is required (doh) and I think I was mixing examples of how to render a template. No need to import the loader or render it manually. This is what I wound up with that actually worked:

from django.shortcuts import render

def index(request):
    return render(request, 'home/index.html')

Thanks to @lalo and @Rao for pointing me in the right direction.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2018

Answers (2)

Leandro
Leandro

Reputation: 2247

I would try that:

from django.shortcuts import render

def index(request):
    render(request, 'home/index.html')

Upvotes: 2

Rao
Rao

Reputation: 892

You're not returning anything from your view. return HttpResponse(blah)

Upvotes: 2

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