⚙️ settings

Modern Django settings

Use Pathlib in Django Settings File:

Base Dir

from pathlib import Path

# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent

Databases

DATABASES = {
    "default": {
        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
        "NAME": str(BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3"),
    }
}

Staticfiles Dir

STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    BASE_DIR / "static",
    '/var/www/static/',
]

Templates Dir

TEMPLATES_DIR = BASE_DIR.joinpath('templates')

Media

# MEDIA_URL is URL PATH to  server media files 
# example: https://abc.com/{media_url}/{file_path}
# here https://abc.com is base url, 
# media_url is MEDIA_URL from settings.py
# MEDIA_ROOT is path where all media files will be stored.
# example: BASE_DIR / 'mediafiles'
# Here, BASE_DIR is path to project root
# and, mediafiles will be created in project root and all files will
# be uploaded according to path provided in models.

MEDIA_URL = 'media'
MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'mediafiles'