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I can't show images in django


I don't know why I can't show images in my Django project , I am going throght a course and I came across to this problem, the problem is that the program can't find the images that are stored in static/images folder and i don't know what is the problem excatly I added anything that i thought is necessary can you help me to solve this problem ???

models.py

class Project(models.Model):
    objects = None
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    description = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
    image = models.ImageField(null=True, blank=True, default='default.jpg')
    demo_link = models.CharField(null=True, blank=True, max_length=2000)
    source_link = models.CharField(null=True, blank=True, max_length=2000)
    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    id = models.UUIDField(default=uuid.uuid4, unique=True, primary_key=True, editable=False)
    tag = models.ManyToManyField('Tag', blank=True)
    total_vote = models.IntegerField(default=0, null=True, blank=True)
    vote_ratio = models.IntegerField(default=0, null=True, blank=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title


class Review(models.Model):
    VOTE = (
        ('up', 'Up Vote'),
        ('down', 'Down Vote'),
    )
    project = models.ForeignKey(Project, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    body = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
    value = models.CharField(max_length=200, choices=VOTE)
    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    id = models.UUIDField(default=uuid.uuid4, unique=True, primary_key=True, editable=False)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.value


class Tag(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    id = models.UUIDField(default=uuid.uuid4, unique=True, primary_key=True, editable=False)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

urls.py

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include
from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('', include("projects.urls"))
]

urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

html file

{% include 'navbar.html' %}

<img src="{{obj.image.url}}">

{% for tag in obj.tag.all %}
    <span style="border:1px solid grey">{{tag}}</span>
{% endfor %}
<hr>

<h5>Description</h5>
<p>{{obj.description}}</p>


{% include 'footer.html' %}

setting.py

BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []

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

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'devsearch.urls'

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [
            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'template'),
        ],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'devsearch.wsgi.application'
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
    }
}

...
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
MEDIA_URL = '/images/'

STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
]

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static/images')

views.py

def projects(request):
    objs = Project.objects.all()
    context = {"projects": objs}
    return render(request, 'projects/project.html', context)


def dynamic(request, text):
    obj = Project.objects.get(id=text)
    return render(request, 'projects/single-project.html', {'obj': obj})


def createproject(request):
    form = ProjectForm()
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = ProjectForm(request.POST)
        print(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            form.save()
            return redirect('projects')

    context = {'form': form}
    return render(request, 'projects/projectform.html', context)


def updateproject(request, pk):
    project = Project.objects.get(id=pk)
    form = ProjectForm(instance=project)

    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = ProjectForm(request.POST, instance=project)
        if form.is_valid():
            form.save()
            return redirect('projects')

    context = {'form': form}
    return render(request, 'projects/projectform.html', context)


def deleteproject(request, pk):
    project = Project.objects.get(id=pk)
    if request.method == 'POST':
        project.delete()
        return redirect('projects')
    context = {'object': project}
    return render(request, 'projects/delete_project.html', context)

Traceback

Django version 4.1, using settings 'devsearch.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CTRL-BREAK.
[05/Sep/2022 15:25:36] "GET /projects/1d3e224e-792a-4908-ba5b-7133653c67aa HTTP/1.1" 200 507
Not Found: /images/default.jpg
[05/Sep/2022 15:25:36] "GET /images/default.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 3267
[05/Sep/2022 15:25:37] "GET /projects/1d3e224e-792a-4908-ba5b-7133653c67aa HTTP/1.1" 200 507
Not Found: /images/default.jpg
[05/Sep/2022 15:25:37] "GET /images/default.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 3267
[05/Sep/2022 15:25:38] "GET /projects/1d3e224e-792a-4908-ba5b-7133653c67aa HTTP/1.1" 200 507
Not Found: /images/default.jpg
[05/Sep/2022 15:25:38] "GET /images/default.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 3267
[05/Sep/2022 15:25:38] "GET /projects/1d3e224e-792a-4908-ba5b-7133653c67aa HTTP/1.1" 200 507
Not Found: /images/default.jpg
[05/Sep/2022 15:25:38] "GET /images/default.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 3267
F:\tuts\Django\Exercises\Course\first_project\devsearch\projects\models.py changed, reloading.
Watching for file changes with StatReloader
Performing system checks...

System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
September 05, 2022 - 15:26:43
Django version 4.1, using settings 'devsearch.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CTRL-BREAK.
[05/Sep/2022 15:26:53] "GET /projects/1d3e224e-792a-4908-ba5b-7133653c67aa HTTP/1.1" 200 507
Not Found: /images/default.jpg
[05/Sep/2022 15:26:53] "GET /images/default.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 3267
F:\tuts\Django\Exercises\Course\first_project\devsearch\devsearch\settings.py changed, reloading.
Watching for file changes with StatReloader
Performing system checks...

System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
September 05, 2022 - 15:27:15
Django version 4.1, using settings 'devsearch.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CTRL-BREAK.
[05/Sep/2022 15:27:16] "GET /projects/1d3e224e-792a-4908-ba5b-7133653c67aa HTTP/1.1" 200 507
Not Found: /images/default.jpg
[05/Sep/2022 15:27:16] "GET /images/default.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 3267
F:\tuts\Django\Exercises\Course\first_project\devsearch\devsearch\settings.py changed, reloading.
Watching for file changes with StatReloader
Performing system checks...

System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
September 05, 2022 - 15:27:41
Django version 4.1, using settings 'devsearch.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CTRL-BREAK.
Exception in thread django-main-thread:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\CCnoor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\threading.py", line 1016, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "C:\Users\CCnoor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\threading.py", line 953, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "F:\tuts\Django\Exercises\Course\first_project\devsearch\env\lib\site-packages\django\utils\autoreload.py", line 64, in wrapper
    fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "F:\tuts\Django\Exercises\Course\first_project\devsearch\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\runserver.py", line 157, in inner_run
    handler = self.get_handler(*args, **options)
  File "F:\tuts\Django\Exercises\Course\first_project\devsearch\env\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\staticfiles\management\commands\runserver.py", line 35, in get_handler
    return StaticFilesHandler(handler)
  File "F:\tuts\Django\Exercises\Course\first_project\devsearch\env\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\staticfiles\handlers.py", line 75, in __init__
    self.base_url = urlparse(self.get_base_url())
  File "F:\tuts\Django\Exercises\Course\first_project\devsearch\env\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\staticfiles\handlers.py", line 30, in get_base_url
    utils.check_settings()
  File "F:\tuts\Django\Exercises\Course\first_project\devsearch\env\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\staticfiles\utils.py", line 63, in check_settings
    raise ImproperlyConfigured(
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: runserver can't serve media if MEDIA_URL is within STATIC_URL.
F:\tuts\Django\Exercises\Course\first_project\devsearch\devsearch\settings.py changed, reloading.
Watching for file changes with StatReloader
Performing system checks...

System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
September 05, 2022 - 15:28:15
Django version 4.1, using settings 'devsearch.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CTRL-BREAK.
[05/Sep/2022 15:28:18] "GET /projects/1d3e224e-792a-4908-ba5b-7133653c67aa HTTP/1.1" 200 507
Not Found: /images/default.jpg
[05/Sep/2022 15:28:18] "GET /images/default.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 3267
[05/Sep/2022 15:28:19] "GET /projects/1d3e224e-792a-4908-ba5b-7133653c67aa HTTP/1.1" 200 507
Not Found: /images/default.jpg
[05/Sep/2022 15:28:19] "GET /images/default.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 3267
[05/Sep/2022 15:28:50] "GET /admin/projects/project/51258114-993e-4d46-ac5d-6046a72723b0/change/ HTTP/1.1" 200 11828
[05/Sep/2022 15:28:50] "GET /admin/jsi18n/ HTTP/1.1" 200 3343
[05/Sep/2022 15:29:01] "GET /projects/51258114-993e-4d46-ac5d-6046a72723b0 HTTP/1.1" 200 512
Not Found: /images/django-react-course.jpg
[05/Sep/2022 15:29:01] "GET /images/django-react-course.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 3303
[05/Sep/2022 15:29:09] "GET /projects/51258114-993e-4d46-ac5d-6046a72723b0 HTTP/1.1" 200 512
Not Found: /images/django-react-course.jpg
[05/Sep/2022 15:29:09] "GET /images/django-react-course.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 3303
F:\tuts\Django\Exercises\Course\first_project\devsearch\devsearch\settings.py changed, reloading.
Watching for file changes with StatReloader
Performing system checks...

System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
September 05, 2022 - 15:30:12
Django version 4.1, using settings 'devsearch.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CTRL-BREAK.
[05/Sep/2022 15:30:15] "GET /projects/51258114-993e-4d46-ac5d-6046a72723b0 HTTP/1.1" 200 512
Not Found: /images/django-react-course.jpg
[05/Sep/2022 15:30:15] "GET /images/django-react-course.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 3303
[05/Sep/2022 15:30:16] "GET /projects/51258114-993e-4d46-ac5d-6046a72723b0 HTTP/1.1" 200 512
Not Found: /images/django-react-course.jpg
[05/Sep/2022 15:30:16] "GET /images/dj

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Solution

  • This would help at least upcoming error finder's after you host it to production that time you might change DEBUG = False That time you might end up with some error as the image from database might not be visible. so that

    from django.conf import settings
    from django.conf.urls.static import static
    
    urlpatterns = [
    .....
    ]
    # solution
    if settings.DEBUG:
        urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)