Can't serve static files from cherrypy

Question

I'm starting to learn cherrypy but I've run in to a roadblock. I can't get static files to save my life. I'm getting a 404. The path '/static' was not found. I've googled however have yet to find a solution. All I want to do is serve files at http://localhost:8080/static

Suggetions?

import os
import cherrypy

class Root(object):
    @cherrypy.expose
    def index(self):
        pass

config = {
    '/static':{
    'tools.staticdir.on': True,
    'tools.staticdir.dir': os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'static')
    }
}

cherrypy.tree.mount(Root(), '/', config = config)
cherrypy.engine.start()

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '11 at 06:07

7

Some ideas:

In CherryPy 3.2+, try tools.staticdir.debug = True, combined with log.screen = True or some other more preferred logging setup. That will help more than anything I can guess at in this answer.
Try tools.staticdir.dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'static')); it needs to be absolute (or, if .dir is not absolute, then tools.staticdir.root needs to be).
In CherryPy 3.1 and above, you usually need to call engine.block() after engine.start().

answered Mar 25 '11 at 06:07

fumanchu

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I added the debug and log lines and the path its checking is absolute. Here is the message: `Checking File: e:\\python\\cherrypyapp\\static\\` I double checked that path and its correct but I'm still getting a 404 – Kylee Mar 25 '11 at 12:43
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Are you actually browsing to `http://localhost:8080/static`, as if you're trying to get a directory listing in your browser? The staticdir Tool doesn't provide index pages for the files it serves--you have to request an individual file, not a directory. – fumanchu Mar 26 '11 at 01:44
It was the engine.block() that did it. Thanks! – Kylee Mar 26 '11 at 12:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 09 '21 at 01:46

Try this

web_config = {'/': {
    'tools.staticdir.on': True,
    'tools.staticdir.root' : os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__))),
    'tools.staticdir.dir' : os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'static'))
},

    "/favicon.ico": {
        'tools.staticfile.on': True,
        'tools.staticfile.filename': "favicon.ico",
        'tools.staticdir.on': True,
        'tools.staticdir.dir': "images",
    },
    '/robots.txt': {
        'tools.staticfile.on': True,
        'tools.staticfile.filename': "robots.txt",
        'tools.staticdir.on': True,
        'tools.staticdir.dir': "", },

    '/images': {
        'tools.staticdir.on': True,
        'tools.staticdir.dir': "images",
    },

    '/css': {
        'tools.staticdir.on': True,
        'tools.staticdir.dir': "css",
    },

    '/js': {
        'tools.staticdir.on': True,
        'tools.staticdir.dir': "js",
    }
}

And started with

if __name__ == "__main__":

    cherrypy.config.update(server_config)
    cherrypy.tree.mount(WebSpid(), config=web_config)

    if hasattr(cherrypy.engine, 'block'):
        # 3.1 syntax
        cherrypy.engine.start()
        cherrypy.engine.block()

Can't serve static files from cherrypy

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