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Benbob
Benbob

Reputation: 14234

Django static files problem

Duplicate of Django staticfiles app help

I'm using Django 1.3 beta and the static files app is confusing. In development mode it is meant to automatically serve files from the STATIC_URL path.

From http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/

If you're using the built-in development server (the runserver management command) and have the DEBUG setting set to True, your staticfiles will automatically be served from STATIC_URL in development.

This didn't seem to work, so I tried a url pattern ('/static/') which routes to the static.serve view. This just 404'd. Somehow it conflicts with the STATIC_URL, if I change it to 'assets/' it will serve the files from static just fine. It's only logical to use '/static' for the static url, but this conflicts.

Url Patterns:

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    # Serve static files for *development only*
    (r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
        {'document_root': settings.STATIC_ROOT}),

Static files settings:

STATIC_ROOT = '/home/dave/static/flux'

# URL that handles the static files served from STATIC_ROOT.
# Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

Ideally I would like Django to use the static url for seving files in development without having to use any urlpatterns.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 8056

Answers (1)

MattoTodd
MattoTodd

Reputation: 15199

If you want to serve up the static files while using the built in Django server you will need to add a urlpattern. This is what I do (add this after all your other patterns:

if settings.DEBUG:
    urlpatterns += patterns('',
            (r'^static/(.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.STATIC_PATH}),
    )

Upvotes: 5

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