fixing issue on serving media files

config/settings/base.py

@@ -128,13 +128,8 @@ USE_TZ = False
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/static-files/
 
-if DEBUG: 
-   STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '/static')
-else:
-   STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static') 
-
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
-# STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
 
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

config/urls.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Including another URLconf
     1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
+import os
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path, include, re_path
 from django.conf.urls import url
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ from app.applicationlayer.management.notification import views as notifview
 from django.views.static import serve
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls.static import static
-import django.views.static as try_static
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
@@ -43,4 +43,17 @@ if settings.DEBUG:
     urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
     urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
 else:
-    urlpatterns += [url(r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', django.views.static.serve, {'document_root': try_static.STATIC_ROOT, 'show_indexes': try_static.DEBUG})]
+    urlpatterns += patterns(
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+        '',
+        (r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$',
+        'django.views.static.serve',
+        {'document_root': os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'static')} ),
+    )
+
+
+
+# if settings.DEBUG404:
+#     urlpatterns += patterns('',
+#     (r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
+#     {'document_root': os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'static')} ),
+#     )
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