How to send an image from dir in django

Question

I want to add a url for favicon like /favicon.ico. My image is at static/graphics/images/favicon.ico. I don't want to redirect. I tried:-

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include
from search import views
from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView
faviconI=RedirectView.as_view(url='/static/gr/favicon.ico')
urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.Page, name='Home'),
    path('favicon.ico/', faviconI, name="favicon")
]

But the code gave a redirect. I want to load image from dir without redirecting.

>You might look at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1156246/having-django-serve-downloadable-files and look at Cory's answer suggesting to use serve. so you have to create a view function / class that you reference in urlpatterns. The view function calls serve as mentioned in Cory's answer — gelonida, Nov 30 '19 at 15:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '19 at 15:39

You can use django smart_str method to send image from the directory.

from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
response = HttpResponse(mimetype='application/force-download')    
response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=%s' % smart_str(file_name)
response['X-Sendfile'] = smart_str(path_to_file)
return response

How to send an image from dir in django

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