Serving static index.html in django

Question

Thing is, I have an angular + cordova app on one module. I just want the REST api from django for the webserver. no views or anything (well only to serve the angular views).

How can I serve the static index.html using django? do I need different project structure? I'm a newbie to django.

Thanks in advance!

Is it possible for you to put this index.html page in your server/templates folder? Edit: By the way, for REST api, it's better to not return HTML pages (return JSON objects instead). So just to verify, you want your REST api to serve an html page? — SilentDev, Oct 19 '15 at 20:05

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 19 '15 at 20:07

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You can use TemplateView directly:

from django.views.generic import TemplateView

...
url(r'^$', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='index.html'))

Remember you need to configure your templates folder to call .html files by name only.

answered Oct 19 '15 at 20:07

Gocht

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Ok new question mate. all of my assets (CSS/JS etc...) are sitting in `app/www...` and django is unable to find them. how do I use staticfiles to overcome this? – Muli Yulzary Oct 19 '15 at 20:15
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Here you will find the config you need in that case: [statics files](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/#static-files). Note the example using full path. – Gocht Oct 19 '15 at 20:16
sadly i tried `STATIC_URL = '/app/www/'` and `STATICFILES_DIRS = ( "/app/www", )` but none worked – Muli Yulzary Oct 19 '15 at 20:25
Is that your full path? – Gocht Oct 19 '15 at 20:27
I also tried this: `STATIC_URL = 'G:/Desktop/GetSocial/app/www/'`. didn't work. – Muli Yulzary Oct 19 '15 at 20:33
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How are you loading static files in template? You should post a new question with more details about this. – Gocht Oct 19 '15 at 20:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 19 '15 at 20:09

First, place this index.html page in your server/templates folder so Django knows about it.

Then, do this in your URLs.py:

from django.views.generic import TemplateView

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^$', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='index.html')),
]

Serving static index.html in django

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