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Serve from STATIC_ROOT

Author:
popen2
Posted:
May 18, 2011
Language:
Python
Version:
1.3
Score:
-1 (after 1 ratings)

Assuming you have defined STATIC_ROOT correctly in settings.py, and have installed staticfiles_urlpatterns() in urls.py (as demoed in the code, taken from Django's staticfiles docs), the code from static_root_finder.py can be used to simply serve static files in development from STATIC_ROOT directly, avoiding complicated setups in case we just want to have a bunch of static files in one directory.

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#------------- static_root_finder.py -------------------#

from django.contrib.staticfiles.finders import BaseFinder
from django.conf import settings
import os

class StaticRootFinder(BaseFinder):
    def __init__(self, apps=None, *args, **kwargs):
        super(StaticRootFinder, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    def find(self, path, all=False):
        """
        Looks for files in the extra locations
        as defined in ``STATIC_ROOT``.
        """
        abs_path = os.path.join(settings.STATIC_ROOT, path)
        if os.path.exists(abs_path):
            return abs_path if not all else [abs_path]
        return []

#------------- urls.py -------------------#

from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
#
# Your urls.py file
#
urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()


#------------- settings.py -------------------#

STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
    'static_root_finder.StaticRootFinder',
)

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