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BingbongKim
BingbongKim

Reputation: 579

Django - What is different {% static %} and /static/?

I am studying Django. In my settings.py :

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')

and when I try to add an image in a template,

<img src="{% static "img/person.png" %}"/>

<img src="{{ STATIC_URL }}img/person.png" />

<img src="/static/img/person.png" />

All three are shown in the browser as:

<img src="/static/img/person.png" />

Then, What is the different between them?

If there is no problem, can I use

<img src="/static/img/person.png" />

in the template code?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 136

Answers (1)

Aamir Rind
Aamir Rind

Reputation: 39699

The problem with hardcoded URLs <img src="/static/img/person.png" /> is that if in future you want to change static URL you have to go through all files to replace it with newer one, and usually in production sometimes we want to use CDN to serve static content and that is not served via /static/.

For the other difference between {% static %} and {{ STATIC_URL }} check this answer.

Upvotes: 4

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