[django]when debug=false,MEDIA_URL returns not found

Question

when DEBUG=TRUE,media_url is working,but DEBUG = False ,returns not working.
This is my setting file.

setting.py

DEBUG = False
...
MEDIA_URL = "/pics/"
MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR

urls.py

urlpatterns = [
   ....
   ....
] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL,document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

home.html

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

models.py

class Post(models.Model):
    title    = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    pub_date = models.DateTimeField()
    image    = models.ImageField(upload_to="media/")

maybe,this setting is recommended debug-mode.
What shuld I change this setting.

Did you run `python manage.py collectstatic`? https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/contrib/staticfiles/ — Marco, Mar 17 '17 at 15:49
I would recommend to serve Media files not through the Django application, instead use a different vHost (with apache2, nginx, etc). Doing this gives you more control over the media files, and you can ensure that these files are served in a specific format (eg. text/plain or image/png) — Info-Screen, Mar 17 '17 at 17:19

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 14 '19 at 00:11

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As per the documentation:

This helper function works only in debug mode and only if the given prefix is local (e.g. /media/) and not a URL (e.g. http://media.example.com/).

With the helper function they mention being: + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

Setting up static & media files for nginx in production very simple, DigitalOcean has a great guide. The Static part is just a couple lines:

    location /media/ {
        root /home/sammy/myproject;
    }

edited Feb 14 '19 at 00:11

phoenix

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answered Mar 17 '17 at 17:49

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Thanks! it worked ! i modify nginx setting,url.py following your advice. – kue Mar 18 '17 at 02:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '22 at 14:24

Set this code below to "urls.py" to show media files in "DEBUG = False":

# "urls.py"

from django.conf.urls import url
from django.views.static import serve
from django.conf import settings

urlpatterns = [
    # ...
    url(r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$', serve,{'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}),
]

[django]when debug=false,MEDIA_URL returns not found

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