Django compressor and manage.py compress problems - django

Question

My problem: When debug=true in settings.py django compress works just fine, takes all the js concatenates everything and minifies, when debug-false is basically useless: if i set COMPRESS_ENABLED = True (default when debug=false) i get a 500 error, but don't really know what's going on:
It:mysite italo$ ./manage.py runserver
Performing system checks...
System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
August 25, 2016 - 17:37:47
Django version 1.10, using settings 'mysite.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.
[25/Aug/2016 17:37:51] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 500 6098
[25/Aug/2016 17:37:51] "GET /static/scss/app.css HTTP/1.1" 304 0
[25/Aug/2016 17:37:51] "GET /static/CACHE/js/f6979994c378.js HTTP/1.1" 200 3524
[25/Aug/2016 17:37:51] "GET /static/CACHE/js/029dc704a0f3.js HTTP/1.1" 200 3788
[25/Aug/2016 17:37:51] "GET /static/CACHE/js/bd8a8faf4632.js HTTP/1.1" 200 135985
[25/Aug/2016 17:37:51] "GET /static/CACHE/js/50721ef0285b.js HTTP/1.1" 200 98
[25/Aug/2016 17:37:51] "GET /static/CACHE/js/2f9428d5f621.js HTTP/1.1" 200 138405
looks like i get several javascript files loaded (apparently not concatenating at all) but the css files are minified... my solution used to be to set COMPRESS_ENABLED = False on production and then write a script to do:
1) collectstatic
2) compress --force (because ompressor is disabled, i tried to enable it temporary before running runserver and using just compress but i get the same results)
3) runserver
What i get is separate files and they're not minified, I don't get any error, but having different non minified js files is pretty much useless IMHO.
i tried
using ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
updating to the latest version in compressor
disabling whitenoise
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
disabling css processor (even though sass compilation is ok i just don't get concatenation when debug=false)
this is suggested in many posts but doesn't work.
My first question: how do i fix this?
I'm clueless and at this point my second question would be if there's a working alternative to django-compressor.
import os
import dj_database_url
import compressor
import socket
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
ROOT_PATH = os.path.dirname(__file__)
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = os.environ['SECRET_KEY']
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
if os.environ['PRODUCTION'] == '1':
DEBUG = False
# ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['itmandar.herokuapp.com']
else:
DEBUG = True
# ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["localhost", "127.0.0.1",]
print 'DEBUG', DEBUG, 'assuming we\'re not in production'
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'myresume.apps.MyresumeConfig',
'sass_processor',
'django_markup',
'compressor',
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
]
if DEBUG:
INSTALLED_APPS += ['template_repl']
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',
'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'mysite.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'myresume/templates/')],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'debug' : DEBUG,
'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 = 'mysite.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
'NAME': 'mysite',
'USER': 'it',
'PASSWORD': os.environ['DB_KEY'],
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '',
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/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/1.10/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Update database configuration with $DATABASE_URL.
db_from_env = dj_database_url.config()
DATABASES['default'].update(db_from_env)
# Simplified static file serving.
# https://warehouse.python.org/project/whitenoise/
# django filepicker
FILEPICKER_API_KEY = os.environ['FILEPICKER_API_KEY']
FILEPICKER_API_SECRET = os.environ['FILEPICKER_API_SECRET']
CWD = os.getcwd()
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(CWD, 'media')
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/howto/static-files/
PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.django.GzipManifestStaticFilesStorage'
# STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.ManifestStaticFilesStorage'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
'compressor.finders.CompressorFinder',
)
# media urls
# MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static'),
]
# sass processor settings
# SASS_PROCESSOR_ROOT = os.path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'static')
SASS_PRECISION = 8
SASS_PROCESSOR_ENABLED = DEBUG
COMPRESS_JS_FILTERS = ['compressor.filters.jsmin.JSMinFilter']
COMPRESS_OFFLINE = not DEBUG
if DEBUG:
#sass processor
SASS_OUTPUT_STYLE = 'nested'
else:
#sass processor
SASS_OUTPUT_STYLE = 'compressed'

Answer 1

since the problem is related to the fact that django is not serving static files when debug=false, i decided to use this solution http://www.kennethreitz.org/essays/introducing-dj-static
it's a module called dj-static
the problem is now solved.