Setting multiple MEDIA_URL & MEDIA_ROOT in django

Question

I've set Static and Media root as well as url's in my django app, as follows:

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static/")

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

It is working great, but I want to add another MEDIA_URL & MEDIA_ROOT to serve files from the /certs/ directory as follows:

NEW_MEDIA_URL = '/certs/'
NEW_MEDIA_ROOT  = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'config/certs/')

Is there any way to do it? I'm using Django 2.0.6 and Python 3.5

You can use a custom file storage for that. Check out [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1729051/django-upload-to-outside-of-media-root) for an example. — hoefling, Aug 11 '18 at 17:21
If you configure the urlpatterns correctly, it should work, there's no magic behind it. — hoefling, Aug 11 '18 at 18:08

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 10 '21 at 15:01

Multiple static URLs and static roots can be added to Django using the following steps.

Configure a BASE_DIR

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)

Create as many static roots and static URLs as you need

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static/")
# the "static/" above is a directory inside the Django Project Directory

STATIC_URL_1 = '/static-1/'
STATIC_ROOT_1 = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static_1/")

Similarly, you can create as many media roots and media URLs as you need

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

MEDIA_URL_1 = '/crl-1/'
MEDIA_ROOT_1  = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'config/crl_1/')

Setting multiple MEDIA_URL & MEDIA_ROOT in django

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