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Yeon
Yeon

Reputation: 101

How to solve django TemplateDoesNotExist

WEBSITEviews.py

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.utils import timezone
from .models import Post

def minjuand(request):
    posts = Post.objects.filter(published_date__lte = timezone.now()).order_by('published_date')
    return render(request,'blog/minjuand.html',{'posts':posts})

urls.py

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns=[
    path('', views.minjuand, name="minjunad"),
]

in settings.py

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [
            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '..', 'templates')
        ],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

I added my application to my settings.py at the end of INSTALLED_APPS and checked for typos. Why can't Django find my template?

I am developing with Django 3.1.4 and Python 3.9.0 on Windows 10.

BLOGPROJECT STRUCTURE

Upvotes: 0

Views: 469

Answers (2)

GTBebbo
GTBebbo

Reputation: 1218

There's no need to define additional template directories in the Django settings. All registered apps (apps that are in your INSTALLED_APPS list in settings.py) use a default templates directory my-app-directory/templates/.

Inside your app directory, create a folder called templates (all lowercase), place your templates inside this folder. So if you had an app called blog it would look something like this:

> blog/
  > migrations/
    > 0001_initial.py
  > templates/
    > my_template.html
  > admin.py
  > apps.py
  > models.py
  > views.py
> mysite/
  > settings.py
  > urls.py
  > wsgi.py
> manage.py

You can then use your my_template.html template in a view like this:

def my_view(request):
    context = {}
    return render(request,'my_template.html', context)

Note, we reference the template as if we are inside the templates/ directory

Upvotes: 2

Anish Shaha
Anish Shaha

Reputation: 1

You should create the templates directory inside the folder containing folder of project and app. If you have done that, then os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates') do this change in TEMPLATES in settings.py

Upvotes: 0

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