why TemplateDoesNotExist at / index.html - django

Question

The error message is:
TemplateDoesNotExist at /
index.html
Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Django Version: 4.0.2
Exception Type: TemplateDoesNotExist
Exception Value:
index.html
Exception Location: C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\django\template\loader.py, line 19, in get_template
Python Executable: C:\Python310\python.exe
Python Version: 3.10.2
Python Path:
['C:\\Users\\Asus\\Desktop\\31-5-22 Django\\wscubetech_firstproject',
'C:\\Python310\\python310.zip',
'C:\\Python310\\DLLs',
'C:\\Python310\\lib',
'C:\\Python310',
'C:\\Python310\\lib\\site-packages']
Server time: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 17:38:04 +0000
Here is my code:
views.py
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.shortcuts import render
def aboutUs(request):
return HttpResponse('hello BD')
def homePage(request):
return render(request,"index.html")
urls.py
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path
from wscubetech_firstproject import views
urlpatterns = [
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
path('about-us/',views.aboutUs),
path('',views.homePage),
]
settings.py
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [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',
],
},
},
]
Project structure:

Answer 1

I think you just need to change the TEMPLATES setting a bit.
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [BASE_DIR/"templates"], # right here
'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',
],
},
},
BASE_DIR object is pathlib.Path instance and the slash operator helps create child paths, similarly to os.path.join().
For more information you can check out the pathlib documentation.