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Serve static and media files by Django while in Debug mode

Feb 12, 2014 · Updated: Nov 10, 2017 · by Tim Kamanin

Media and static files won't be served in devel mode untill you put this at the end of the main urls.py file:

python
if settings.DEBUG:
  urlpatterns += patterns('',
    (r'^media/(?P.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}),
    (r'^static/(?P.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.STATIC_ROOT}),
  )

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