TemplateDoesNotExist at / index.html After dividing settings.py into 3seperate files-CodePudding

I was working on a Django project.

my urls.py:

urlpatterns = [
    path('', index, name='index')
]

my views.py:

def index(request):
    return render(request, 'index.html')

in my settings.py:

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [(BASE_DIR / "templates")],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

Till this point, all works perfectly, the template also rendered as it should. Now I approach to divide my settings.py into 3 separate files for my production purpose like:

Settings (Folder)
  | base.py
  | development.py
  | production.py

Here the base.py contains almost all necessary settings, development.py and production.py inherit the base.py and have only allowed host and debug values. development.py and production.py are also properly hooked up with manage.py and wsgi.py file of the project.

Now after this work it shows me an error like:

TemplateDoesNotExist at / index.html

I also try with

def index(request):
        return HttpResponse("Hello, world. You're at the diagnosis index.")

It also works perfectly! maybe it only has problem with template/Base dir. Please suggest how can I fix this?

CodePudding user response：

Traditionally inside settings.py we have address of BASE_DIR which become changed after creating the file base.py inside settings folder. We need to modify it like:

BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent

The extra one .parent helps it find the root

CodePudding user response：

In front the file name, add the app name:

def index(request):
    return render(request, 'my_app/index.html')