WhiteNoise
Django does not have a built-in solution for serving static files, at least not in production when DEBUG has to be False .
We have to use a third-party solution to accomplish this.
In this Tutorial we will use WhiteNoise, which is a Python library, built for serving static files.
Install WhiteNoise
To install WhiteNoise in your virtual environment, type the command below:
pip install whitenoiseThe result should be something like this:
Collecting whitenoise
Downloading whitenoise-6.9.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (3.6 kB)
Downloading whitenoise-6.9.0-py3-none-any.whl (20 kB)
Installing collected packages: whitenoise
Successfully installed whitenoise-6.9.0
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notice
] A new release of pip is available:
24.3.1
->
25.0.1
[
notice
] To update, run:
python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pipModify Settings
To make Django aware of you wanting to run WhitNoise, you have to specify it in the MIDDLEWARE list in settings.py file:
my_tennis_club/my_tennis_club/settings.py :
.
.
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
].
.Collect Static Files
There are one more action you have to perform before you can serve the static file from the example in the previous chapter . You have to collect all static files and put them into one specified folder. You will learn how in the next chapter .