how to access a file from root of django project

Question

I have a .html file. I want to access file like this (http://my_site_name.com/somefile.html) from my Django website. I do not want to use static folder. thanks

[Similar question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17989341/) — Alasdair, May 02 '18 at 09:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '18 at 08:50

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You can not do that, you should serve it using urls and views or directly using TemplateView.

from django.views.generic import TemplateView

urlpatterns = [
     (r'^somefile/$', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='somefile.html')),
]

answered May 02 '18 at 08:50

Astik Anand

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my file has static content and never change (and no need to render as html), is there any way to not use template? – Erfan Eghterafi May 02 '18 at 08:57

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 02 '18 at 09:12

If you really do not want to use static folder, why not just bind this file to a view function , treat it as a template, and write route for it? You can achieve this by using TemplateView.

If you do not want to touch template either, there have another solution.

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.conf import settings


def staticView(request):
    with open(settings.BASE_DIR+"/a.html") as fp:
        return HttpResponse(fp.read())

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('a.html',staticView)
]

As you can see, codes above just read a html file, and make HTTP response using file contents. No Template or static folder, you can put your file into any directory which can be accessed.

how to access a file from root of django project

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