Django debug False prevents access to files saved in media folder - django

Question

I have a model that takes a File Field which is uploaded in Django admin. I noticed that the files save in the proper folder. But when Debug is set to False, I cannot access the file from the admin area or from the front end user interface. I get an error message that says "The resource could not be found on the server."
The app is hosted on Heroku and does the same thing in localhost and live. I read in another post that Whitenoise would work with Heroku but it hasn't resolved the issue. Could someone please point me in the right direction to a fix? The relevant files are below.
Update: Adding urls.py
urls.py
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import include, path
from django.conf.urls.static import static
from django.conf import settings
from .views import DatasetListView
from django.conf import settings
import pages.views
urlpatterns = [
path('', include('pages.urls')),
path('users/', include('users.urls')),
path('accounts/', include('allauth.urls')),
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
path('downloads/', views.DatasetListView.as_view(), name='downloads'), # where users download the files
]
urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
models.py
from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage
from django.db import models
class DataSet(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
date_added = models.DateField(auto_now=True)
file_size = models.CharField(max_length=20)
file_type = models.CharField(max_length=20)
data_file = models.FileField(upload_to='delivery/')
def __str__(self):
return self.title
settings.py
import os
import django_heroku
import dj_database_url
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = Redacted
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = False
DEBUG_PROPAGATE_EXCEPTIONS = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'whitenoise.runserver_nostatic',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'django.contrib.sites',
# third-party apps
'anymail',
# project apps
'pages',
'users',
'allauth',
'allauth.account',
'allauth.socialaccount',
]
AUTH_USER_MODEL = Redacted
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
'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',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'myapp.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [os.path.join(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',
'django.template.context_processors.media',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'myapp.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
'NAME': 'Redacted',
'USER': 'Redacted',
'PASSWORD': 'Redacted',
'HOST': '/Redacted',
'PORT': 'Redacted'
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/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/2.2/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/2.2/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
"django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",
"allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend",
)
LOGGING = {
'version': 1,
'disable_existing_loggers': False,
'formatters': {
'verbose': {
'format' : "[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s [%(name)s:%(lineno)s] %(message)s",
'datefmt' : "%d/%b/%Y %H:%M:%S"
},
'simple': {
'format': '%(levelname)s %(message)s'
},
},
'handlers': {
'file': {
'level': 'DEBUG',
'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
'filename': 'mysite.log',
'formatter': 'verbose'
},
},
'loggers': {
'django': {
'handlers':['file'],
'propagate': True,
'level':'DEBUG',
},
'MYAPP': {
'handlers': ['file'],
'level': 'DEBUG',
},
}
}
# Configure Django App for Heroku.
django_heroku.settings(locals())
Thanks for your help.