Getting the error "TemplateDoesNotExist at / index.html" when runnig a django project-CodePudding

I tried few of the solutions I found with no success.
Here is the urls.py file:

urls.py

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path
from django.views.generic import TemplateView
from django.conf.urls import include
admin.site.site_header = 'Marked By Covid Admin'


urlpatterns = [
    path('grappelli/', include('grappelli.urls')),
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='index.html'), name='index'),
]

The TEMPLATES part of settings.py

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'client-app/dist')],

        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

Structure of the project:

Please let me know if anything else is needed.
I'd be grateful for your suggestions regarding what's wrong.
Thanks!

CodePudding user response：

This line in your settings tells Django where to look for templates:

'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'client-app/dist')]

The basic Django's backend for it (that you are also using), checks for the template like:

YourProject/
  YourProject/
    <the directory you placed in 'DIRS'>
  your_app/
    <the directory you placed in 'DIRS'>
  your_second_app/
    <the directory you placed in 'DIRS'>

By default it's 'templates' so it's simple. You have changed it to 'client-app/dist', so you can put index.html i.e. here:

YourProject/
  YourProject/
    client-app/
      dist/
        index.html

It has to be in an app (that is also in INSTALLED_APPS) or in project's core folder.

CodePudding user response：

i see:

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        # some staff
        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'client-app/dist')],  # CLIENT-APP/DIST!
        # otherr staff
    }
]

But your index.html template you put in folder: CLIENT-APP/PUBLIC:

Are you really want to do it?