Django: Can't render STATIC_URL from settings in template

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http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/

This suggests that I can use STATIC_URL in my template to get the value from settings.py.

Template looks like this:

<link href="{{STATIC_URL}}stylesheets/tabs.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"  media="screen" />

Settings.py looks like this:

STATIC_ROOT = ''
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

When I go to the page I just get <link href="stylesheets/tabs.css" i.e. no STATIC_URL.

What am I missing?

Fábio Diniz · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-30T00:29:27.670

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You have to use context_instance=RequestContext(request) in your render_to_response, for example:

return render_to_response('my_template.html',
                          my_data_dictionary,
                          context_instance=RequestContext(request))

Or use the new shortcut render

As Dave pointed out, you should check if django.core.context_processors.static is in your TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS variable in settings.py. As the docs said, it`s there by default.

edited Mar 30 '11 at 00:29

answered Mar 29 '11 at 21:08

Fábio Diniz

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you may also need to add the static context processor – Dave Mar 29 '11 at 21:27
Thanks for the render shortcut tip :) – Pierre-Adrien Aug 10 '11 at 20:31
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After punishing myself for some time I found your little comment "django.core.context_processors.static" to be the most useful thing I have heard in the past 24 hours. THANK YOU – rburhum Dec 20 '11 at 19:50
I don't have the `TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS` variable in my settings.py file, what is happening? or what should i do? – eLRuLL Feb 06 '13 at 00:58
@eLRuLL Well maybe it was deleted, check the docs and create it again – Fábio Diniz Feb 06 '13 at 10:59

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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It is not recommended to directly use the STATIC_URL variable. See the accepted answer in this question

Instead of

{{STATIC_URL}}stylesheets/tabs.css

use

{% load staticfiles %}
{% static 'stylesheets/tabs.css' %}

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Feb 10 '15 at 15:26

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 09 '21 at 01:48

I have the same problem, solved like this:

in settings.py add:

django.template.context_processors.static

here:

TEMPLATES = [
{
    'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
    'DIRS': TEMPLATE_DIRS,
    'APP_DIRS': True,
    'OPTIONS': {
        'context_processors': [
            'django.template.context_processors.debug',
            'django.template.context_processors.request',
            'django.template.context_processors.static',
            'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
            'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
        ],
    },
},

]

Django: Can't render STATIC_URL from settings in template

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