Directory indexes are not allowed here. How to fix this? - django

Question

I am using VueJS for fronend and Django for backend. I changed the conf of Vuejs such that when we run npm run build the compiled files goes to static/dist directory of Django. I also added the urls in urls.py as shown
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path
from django.conf.urls import url, include
from django.views.generic import TemplateView
from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
urlpatterns = [
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
path('users/',include('users.urls')),
path('accounts/',include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),
path('',TemplateView.as_view(template_name='index.html')),
]
urlpatterns = urlpatterns + staticfiles_urlpatterns()
when I go to http://127.0.0.1:8000 index .js is returned which contains the VueJS index file. So the above url goes to http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/dist and the server runs normally. But when I reload the page I am getting the below error.
Page not found (404)
Directory indexes are not allowed here.
Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/
Raised by: django.contrib.staticfiles.views.serve
Any idea on how to resolve this error?
settings.py:
"""
Django settings for e_cell_server project.
Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.2.5.
For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/settings/
For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/
"""
from pathlib import Path
# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-xbdu73yg0k)p%5$yx2%xa$bqsske-x&e!pljzdgvgeffr+dh+0'
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS=[]
CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = True
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
#3rd-party
'corsheaders',
'rest_framework',
# Own Apps
'users',
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'e_cell_server.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [BASE_DIR.joinpath('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',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'e_cell_server.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'OPTIONS': {
'read_default_file': '/etc/mysql/my.cnf',
},
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
},
]
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
BASE_DIR.joinpath('static')
]
# Default primary key field type
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'