Why can't I find my static folder in my project - django

Question

I'm working on a Django project and I can't see my static folder, I'm also having a problem displaying images.
And when I inspect the image div in the src it's written unknown, Here's how I display the image from the admin
``<img class="rounded-circle account-profile" src="{{ user.Profile.profile_photo.url }}" alt="profile">``
User is the current user, the profile and then the name of the column.
My folder structure is route-folder( project-folder, media-folder and app-folder )
My static settings
```STATIC_URL = '/static/'
SITE_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, "static/"),
]```
The Url:
if settings.DEBUG:
urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

Answer 1

I think you are trying to retrieve a media image not a static one. I recomend using Whitenoise package to serve static files.
Follow instruction in this tutorial: http://whitenoise.evans.io/en/stable/django.html
Check you have all this setup:
# Settings
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "media")
STATICFILES_DIRS = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),)
In the templates, you should remember to add the {% load static %} to grant access to the actual files.