通过Django提供静态文件时找不到页面

Question

so in settings.py I have

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

and also

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'myapp.apps.MyappConfig'
]

hence as you can see django.contrib.staticfiles is there and moreover Debug = True

and in my app directory I have a file existing in this path

myapp/static/css/myapp.css

However, when I go to http://localhost/myapp/static/css/myapp.css

it ends up returning

Page not found (404)
Request Method:     GET

what am I doing wrong and how can I get django to serve static files properly?

Answer 1

Include this in your project/urls.py

from django.conf import settings

urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)

Answer 2

Use the option STATICFILES_DIRS in your settings.

An example:

# settings.py
...
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    "/path/to/your/static/files/folder",
]
...

In your templates, use the static template tag like

# some_page.html
...
{% load static %}
<img src="{% static "my_app/example.jpg" %}" alt="My image"/>
...

or hard-code like

# some_page.html
...
<img src="/static/my_app/example.jpg" alt="My image"/>
...