Django 1.5 GET 404 on static files

Question

I need a little help with this, I've been searching for a solution with no results.

This are my settings: settings.py:

STATIC_ROOT = ''

# URL prefix for static files.
# Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/"

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    PROJECT_ROOT + '/static/'
)

Installed apps:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'django.contrib.admin', . . .

Running with DEBUG = TRUE:

August 01, 2013 - 16:59:44
Django version 1.5.1, using settings 'settings'
Development server is running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.
[01/Aug/2013 16:59:50] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 6161
[01/Aug/2013 16:59:50] "GET /static/media/css/jquery-ui/ui-lightness/jquery-ui-    1.10.3.custom.min.css HTTP/1.1" 404 5904
[01/Aug/2013 16:59:50] "GET /static/media/css/bootstrap/bootstrap.css HTTP/1.1" 404 5904
[01/Aug/2013 16:59:50] "GET /static/media/css/bootstrap/bootstrap-responsive.min.css     HTTP/1.1" 404 5904
[01/Aug/2013 16:59:50] "GET /static/media/css/styles.css HTTP/1.1" 404 5904
[01/Aug/2013 16:59:50] "GET /static/media/js/jquery/jquery-1.9.1.min.js HTTP/1.1" 404 5904
[01/Aug/2013 16:59:50] "GET /static/media/js/bootstrap/bootstrap.min.js HTTP/1.1" 404 5904
[01/Aug/2013 16:59:50] "GET /static/media/js/jquery-ui/jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.min.js HTTP/1.1" 404 5904
[01/Aug/2013 16:59:50] "GET /static/media/js/messages.js HTTP/1.1" 404 5904
[01/Aug/2013 16:59:50] "GET /static/media/js/validate/jquery.validate.min.js HTTP/1.1" 404 5904
[01/Aug/2013 16:59:50] "GET /static/media/images/FERREMOLQUES2.png HTTP/1.1" 404 5904
[01/Aug/2013 16:59:50] "GET /static/media/js/dynamic-style.js HTTP/1.1" 404 5904

As a special mention I'm running Django 1.5.1 and Python 2.7.5 in a VIRTUALENV . I do not know if this configuration is causing the problem

Any help would be appreciate

Thanks.

EDIT: When I off VIRTUALENV and install proper version of Django and the project's dependencies, My project works well, without any issue. . . statics are shown as it should

Answer 1

Are you sure your STATICFILE_DIRS is correct? If your settings is like at the moment, the static folder is supposed to be in same level as settings.py .

PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) # it means settings.py is in PROJECT_ROOT?
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    PROJECT_ROOT + '/static/', # <= don't forget a comma here
)

My normal settings.py is a bit different:

ROOT_PATH = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), '..')  # up one level from settings.py
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    path.abspath(path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'static')), # static is on root level
)

Apart from that, you need django.core.context_processors.static as context processors:

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    # other context processors....
    'django.core.context_processors.static',
)

And enable the urlpattern in urls.py :

from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()

Hope it helps!

Answer 2

For hours and hours of searching for any solution, finally I found that this problem is a bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962223

I'm not sure if this bug is by Django or Python, My Django version is 1.5.1 and Python is 2.7.5. I would need to proof in previous django and python version to see if bug is present.

My setting.py was in DEBUG=False when I change it to True the problem has gone, right now in development, I'm not worried about that, but I wait for a patch when my project reach production.

Thanks again.

Answer 3

This issue is happening because in NON DEBUG mode static files handler is WSGI as per below code lines, which does not handle settings.STATIC_ROOT path -

File Location - django.contrib.staticfiles.management.commands.runserver

def get_handler(self, *args, **options):
    """
    Returns the static files serving handler wrapping the default handler,
    if static files should be served. Otherwise just returns the default
    handler.

    """
    handler = super(Command, self).get_handler(*args, **options)
    use_static_handler = options.get('use_static_handler', True)
    insecure_serving = options.get('insecure_serving', False)
    if use_static_handler and (settings.DEBUG or insecure_serving):
        return StaticFilesHandler(handler)
    return handler

To fix this, I added one else check as shown in below code and it works fine.

  def get_handler(self, *args, **options):
        """
        Returns the static files serving handler wrapping the default handler,
        if static files should be served. Otherwise just returns the default
        handler.

        """
        handler = super(Command, self).get_handler(*args, **options)
        use_static_handler = options.get('use_static_handler', True)
        insecure_serving = options.get('insecure_serving', False)
        if use_static_handler and (settings.DEBUG or insecure_serving):
            return StaticFilesHandler(handler)
        elif use_static_handler: 
            return StaticFilesHandler(handler)
        return handler

Thanks,
Gaurav