[FIXED] How do I include image files in Django templates?

Issue

I'm new to Django and I'm trying to learn it through a simple project I'm developing called 'dubliners' and an app called 'book'. The directory structure is like this:

dubliners/book/  [includes models.py, views.py, etc.]
dubliners/templates/book/

I have a JPG file that needs to be displayed in the header of each Web page. Where should I store the file? Which path should I use for the tag to display it using a template? I've tried various locations and paths, but nothing is working so far.

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Thanks for the answer posted below. However, I've tried both relative and absolute paths to the image, and I still get a broken image icon displayed in the Web page. For example, if I have an image in my home directory and use this tag in my template:

<img src="/home/tony/london.jpg" /> 

The image doesn't display. If I save the Web page as a static HTML file, however, the images display, so the path is correct. Maybe the default Web server that comes with Django will display images only if they're on a particular path?

Solution

In production, you'll just have the HTML generated from your template pointing to wherever the host has media files stored. So your template will just have for example

<img src="../media/foo.png">

And then you'll just make sure that directory is there with the relevant file(s).

during development is a different issue. The django docs explain it succinctly and clearly enough that it's more effective to link there and type it up here, but basically you'll define a view for site media with a hardcoded path to location on disk.

Right here.

Answered By - JosefAssad