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TemplateDoesNotExist at / template path

I want to create the backend of a portfolio and I'm trying to use a template but it says it doesn't exist but shows the correct file path in the error message.
This is the urls.py:
from django.contrib import admin
from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static
from django.urls import path, include
urlpatterns = [
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
path('', include('core.urls')),
]
if settings.DEBUG:
urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL,
document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL,
document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
This is my views.py:
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import loader
def home(request):
template = loader.get_template('home.html')
return HttpResponse(template.render(request))
And this is my templates setting:
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
....
],
},
},
]
The directory structure is:
Core is the app name

Give this a try
change the home view to
def home(request):
return render("home.html")
and sett DIRS to blank in settings.py
TEMPLATES = [
{
...
'DIRS': [],
...
}
]

i would suggest you try this in your settings.py
# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
TEMPLATES_DIR = BASE_DIR / 'templates'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [TEMPLATES_DIR,],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]
and after that request you html in your views.py
def home(request):
return render(request, 'home.html')
and in you urls.py
path('',views.home, name='home')
this better and much cleaner way to tell django where to look fot templates and tell me if you still geting error

I fixed it by moving the statics and template directories into the app directory.

return render method does not working in django

Hi I am very new to the Django and trying to learn going through the vidoes&docs but stuck return the html page from templates.
Though posts/index.html exists, getting the error "TemplateDoesNotExist at /posts/"
not sure where did I wrong, please advise.
here are my directory structure
djangoproject/urls.py
from django.contrib import admin
from django.conf.urls import url, include
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
url(r'^posts/', include('posts.urls')),
]
and Django app called "posts"
posts/urls.py
from django.conf.urls import url
from . import views
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^$', views.index, name='index')
]
posts/views
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponse
def index(request):
return render(request, 'posts/index.html')
posts/templates/posts/index.html
<h3>message from index.html</h3>
here is my TEMPLATES from settings.py
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'posts/templates')],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]

Loading html template using django fails

The following is my folder structure
geoff
settings.py
urls.py //using this
wsgi.py
homepage
migrations->folder
_init_.py
.....others here
views.py
index.html
In my geoff urls //root url
from homepage import views as homepage
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^$', homepage.home, name = 'homepage')
]
NOw the homepage views.py
def home(request):
template = loader.get_template('index.html')
context = RequestContext(request, {
'latest_poll_list': "new",
})
return HttpResponse(template.render(context))
The above throws an error
TemplateDoesNotExist at
homepage.html
What could be wrong?
UPDATE ON SETTINGS.PY
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'homepage.apps.HomepageConfig'
)
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]
As from the above ive already included Homepage app in settings but still fails to work.

Your TEMPLATES settings should be like this:
TEMPLATES = [
{
####
'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')]
####
}
]
then your folder structure:
templates
index.html
...other html
geoff
settings.py
urls.py //using this
wsgi.py
homepage
migrations->folder
_init_.py
.....others here
views.py

Django template extends doens`t open a file

I`m trying to extend one html file from other, but it simply shows me only base.html result.
Here is my project folders:
-diploma
-catalogue
-migrations
-templates
-catalogue
base.html
header.html
_init__.py
admin.py
apps.py
models.py
tests.py
urls.py
views.py
-diploma
__init__.py
settings.py
urls.py
wsgi.py
settings.py
...
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'catalogue',
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
]
...
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')]
,
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]
urls.py
from django.conf.urls import url
from catalogue import views
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
]
views.py
from django.shortcuts import render
def index(request):
return render(request, 'catalogue/base.html')
base.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>
{% block content %}
{% endblock %}
</body>
</html>
header.html
{% extends 'catalogue/base.html' %}
{% block content %}
<h1>Hello</h1>
{% endblock %}
Really, trying to find the issue, but can`t figure out. Only effect cghanges made in base.html

Try putting:
{% extends 'base.html' %}
instead of the whole path

Path to template directory not working in settings.py

Currently created a templates folder inside my project folder.
Then I added the admin folder and the file base_site.html to be able to change the Django admin title:
Home / Django / mysite / templates / admin / base_site.html
However, it doesn't change. My settings.py file below:
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]
Of Avinash Raj's request:
urls.py:
from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.contrib import admin
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
]
views.py:
from django.shortcuts import render

Since Django 1.7 you do not need to rewrite any templates to change admin title or header but just set site_header, site_title, and index_title in admin.py & then hook them in urls.py. Look here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/24983231/5253807