How to add media_root and media_url in Django

Question

I am using Django 3, and I have tried every solution available on the internet, but none of them worked for me. When I set DEBUG=False, I am unable to display an image on the HTML page. Here are my settings

-root_app
--main_app
---settings.py
---asgi.py
---urls.py
---wsgi.py
--sub_app
---admin.py
---urls.py
---views.py
---static
----style.css
---templates
----home.html
---media
----images

media path in settings.py

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

Here what I have done to resolve it

add context_processor django.template.context_processors.media'
add +static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT) in url_patterns of urls.py of sub_app
I changed static storage to STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedStaticFilesStorage', otherwise I got 500 error. Check this comment

But still, I am unable to display the image at home.html page. When I click on image source using inspect element, I got this /media/images/img.png

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 18 '20 at 17:13

These settings resolved the issue Media Path

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

Static Path

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

Adding re_path line in urls.py of main_app

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

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('',include('sub_app.urls')),
    re_path(r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$', serve, kwargs={'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT})
]

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 17 '20 at 19:01

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Change this

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

to

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

in settings.py and use

{{MEDIA_URL}}images/image.png

inside your template.

answered Jul 17 '20 at 19:01

Dr. Abhishek

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this does not solve the problem. Even this does not load the broken image path. It just change the path of image being saved – Talha Anwar Jul 17 '20 at 19:15

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 18 '20 at 01:41

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An edit to Dr. Abhishek's answer: yes, you need the MEDIA_ROOT setting, but you need to append it into the STATICFILES_DIRS list also, which will look something like this:

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

STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    # ...
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media'),
]

When you load the image, use a soft-encoded path like this:

{% load static %}
<!-- remember to change the file name/type! -->
<img src="{% static 'images/image.jpg' %}" alt="Image">

answered Jul 18 '20 at 01:41

crimsonpython24

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but this will create a new folder media, which will not be in static folder. then how it is supposed to work – Talha Anwar Jul 18 '20 at 09:19
if you don't mind, can you look at this [repo](https://github.com/talhaanwarch/Django_Image_Template) and let me know, what changes I have to make – Talha Anwar Jul 18 '20 at 09:30
what should be DIRS; path to the folder where HTML file is stored? – Talha Anwar Jul 18 '20 at 14:16
in my case it should be `[os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'sub_app', 'templates')]` ? – Talha Anwar Jul 18 '20 at 14:22
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/218097/discussion-between-crimsonpython24-and-talha-anwar). – crimsonpython24 Jul 18 '20 at 14:24

How to add media_root and media_url in Django

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