Reading a static file

Question

I have a Django project called myproject, which has an app called myapp. I want to read a text file and load its contents into a list. I'm a little confused about static files and relative directories in Django, and my initial attempt is not working. So far, I have the following code...

In /myproject/settings.py:

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

In /myapp/static/myapp, there is a file called myfile.txt.

In /myapp/views.py:

with open('myapp/myfile.txt') as f:
    lines = f.readlines()

When running the server, I get the error: No such file or directory: 'myapp/myfile.txt'

What am I doing wrong?

Did you try `myapp/static/myapp/myfile.txt` instead of `myapp/myfile.txt` ? — falsetru, Jul 02 '14 at 14:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 02 '14 at 14:59

in your settings:

import os
gettext = lambda s: s
PROJECT_PATH = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '..'))
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, "media")
MEDIA_URL = "/media/"

create a folder media under your app folder.

then put the file you want to read in that folder.

and try this in your views.py:

from django.conf import settings
with open(settings.MEDIA_ROOT + '\\yourfile.text', 'rb') as f:
  lines = f.readlines()

Use os.path.join instead of + '\\'. – d33tah Dec 08 '15 at 11:17 — d33tah, Dec 08 '15 at 11:17

Reading a static file

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