Get 404 error when upload file to django admin

Question

I want to attach pictures in my application django 1.8. When I attach a file, I have a link to it in the admin panel. After I click on the link I get error code 404.

My url: http://127.0.0.1:8000/media/paint/2015/04/15/1.png

My settings

"""
Django settings for website project.

Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 1.8.

For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/settings/

For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/
"""

# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
import os

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

# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = '6tmda(mjlwf%kl1*r@=6s0*#ozpvu&89@hlkcj9r2+(euk4kq#'

# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = []


# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'suit',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'blog',
    'www',
    'tinymce',
    'crispy_forms',
    'bootstrap_pagination',
)

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
)

ROOT_URLCONF = 'website.urls'

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
        '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',
            ],
        },
    },
]

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    "django.core.context_processors.request",
)

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'website.wsgi.application'


# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
    }
}


# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/i18n/

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = True


# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/static-files/

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'public_assets')

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),
)

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

My model

class Paint(models.Model):
    AVAILABLE = "Available"
    NOT_AVAILABLE = "Not available"
    STATUS_PAINT = (
        (AVAILABLE, "Available"),
        (NOT_AVAILABLE, "Not available")
    )
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    gallery = models.OneToOneField(Gallery)
    paint = models.ImageField(upload_to='paint/%Y/%m/%d')
    price = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True, null=True)
    status = models.CharField(choices=STATUS_PAINT, default=AVAILABLE, max_length=50)

    class Meta:
        verbose_name = "Picture"
        verbose_name_plural = "Images"

    def __unicode__(self):
        return "{}".format(self.title)

Does the file exist on your filesystem where you expect it to? — Dominic Rodger, Apr 15 '15 at 11:51
@DominicRodger yes, folder paint with subfolders exists, and file 1.png too. — mark, Apr 15 '15 at 11:57
possible duplicate of [Django MEDIA\_URL and MEDIA\_ROOT](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5517950/django-media-url-and-media-root) — Aylen, Apr 15 '15 at 12:18
@Filly Please note that the accepted answer in that question demonstrates an older method. The current method is to modify `urls.py` as in my answer. — Selcuk, Apr 15 '15 at 12:20

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 15 '15 at 12:17

You must configure your development server to serve uploaded files:

For example, if your MEDIA_URL is defined as /media/, you can do this by adding the following snippet to your urls.py:

from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static

urlpatterns = [
    # ... the rest of your URLconf goes here ...
] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

Please note that this is only suggested for development use. For production, you should configure your web server (Apache, NginX etc) to handle static and media folders.

Thank you for your answer, but problem still occur. – mark Apr 15 '15 at 13:17 — mark, Apr 15 '15 at 13:17

Get 404 error when upload file to django admin

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