Django CRUD template not showing up

Question

Im making a CRUD application using class instances. My app is a very simple accounting app:

Django: 3.03 Python: 3.8.0

accounts/models.py

class Project(models.Model):
    ## normal fields

accounts/views.py

class ProjectCreate(CreateView):
    model = Project
    fields = '__all__'

class ProjectUpdate(UpdateView):
    model = Project
    fields = '__all__'

class ProjectDelete(DeleteView):
    model = Project
    success_url = reverse_lazy('project')

accounts/urls.py:

urlpatterns = [

path('project/create/', project_views.ProjectCreate.as_view(), name='project_create'),
    path('project/<int:pk>/update/', project_views.ProjectUpdate.as_view(), name='project_update'),
    path('project/<int:pk>/delete/', project_views.ProjectDelete.as_view(), name='project_delete'),

]

I have 2 template files under the following directory:

accounts
    accounts
        templates
            project
                project_form.html
                project_confirm_delete.html
        models.py
        urls.py
        views.py
        forms.py

When i call the view:

http://localhost:8000/accounts/project/create/

I get the following error:

47, in select_template
    raise TemplateDoesNotExist(', '.join(template_name_list), chain=chain)
django.template.exceptions.TemplateDoesNotExist: accounts/project_form.html

settings.py:

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.static',
                'django.template.context_processors.tz',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
                'accounts.utils.accounts_vars',
            ],
        },
    },
]

I cant figure out why this is not working. Can you please help. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

check your settings.py file

The views is not able to render your template. Mention templates directory in settings.py and also check wether your template is present or not

Answer 2

You are not telling your views which template to use. You do this by setting the template_name parameter in your view, eg:

class ProjectUpdate(UpdateView):  
      model = Project 
      fields = '__all__'
      template_name = 'project/project_form.html

'