why my static file is not loading in django?

Question

I paste a pdf file in my static folder and the file is not getting loaded. name of the file is np.pdf. previously I had resume.pdf and it was working fine. but after trying np.pdf(which is not working) i edited the code to resume.pdf again but when i'm clicking the resume link- the browser opens a pdf download pop up. again i edited to np.pdf- run the server again- not showing any error again a pop up of resume.pdf's download. notes: I am new to django.

html code :

<a class="nav-item nav-link" href="{% static 'np.pdf' %}">Resume</a>

Answer 1

Do you have {% load static %} at the very beginning of your html page?

{% load static %}

<a class="nav-item nav-link" href="{% static 'np.pdf' %}">Resume</a>