Django 1.9 - Not displaying user uploaded images - django

Question

I am trying to display images that have been uploaded by the user, but no matter what I try I am getting the broken link icon. I have searched and searched through the documentation, on SO and elsewhere for a couple of days now to no avail. I am new to Django and currently in development so I'm sure I've made some other rookie mistakes, but right now the only thing I care about is displaying uploaded images in templates.
Here are the relevant snippets of my code:
settings.py
MEDIA_URL = '/media/media_root/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(BASE_DIR), "media", "media_root")
urls.py
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^admin/?', admin.site.urls),
url(r'^accounts/', include('registration.backends.simple.urls')),
url(r'^about/?', profiles.views.about, name='about'),
url(r'^properties/single/?', properties.views.single, name='single_mens'),
url(r'^properties/married/?', properties.views.married, name='married'),
url(r'^properties/add/add_photos/?', properties.views.add_photos, name='add_photos'),
url(r'^properties/add/?', properties.views.add_rental, name='add_rental'),
url(r'^', profiles.views.home, name='home'),
]
urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()
models.py
class RentalPicModel(models.Model):
def __unicode__(self):
return self.image.url
image = models.ImageField(upload_to="pics/originals/", null=True)
rental = models.ForeignKey(RentalModel, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
forms.py
class AddPhotosForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = RentalPicModel
fields = ['image', 'rental']
def clean_image(self):
return self.cleaned_data['image']
def clean_rental(self):
return self.cleaned_data['rental']
views.py
def add_photos(request):
form = AddPhotosForm
current_rental = None
current_photos = []
if request.method == "POST":
form = AddPhotosForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
if request.POST.get('another'):
if form.is_valid():
cleaned_image = form.cleaned_data['image']
cleaned_rental = form.cleaned_data['rental']
current_rental = cleaned_rental
pic = RentalPicModel(image=cleaned_image, rental=cleaned_rental)
pic.save()
current_photos = RentalPicModel.objects.filter(rental=current_rental)
current_photos = [rental.image for rental in current_photos]
for photo in current_photos:
print photo
context = {
'form' : form,
'photos' : current_photos,
}
return render(request, "add_photos.html", context)
Here the output of the print statement (after uploading one photo) is: pics/originals/DSC_1376.jpg and I can see the file is saved to that location.
add_photos.html
<div class="container">
<h1>Upload your photos here.</h1>
<br>
<div class='row'>
<form method="POST" action="" enctype="multipart/form-data"> {% csrf_token %}
{{ form|crispy }}
<div class='col col-xs-3'></div>
<div class='col col-xs-3'>
<input class="btn btn-block btn-info" name="another" type="submit" value="Save and Add Another">
</div>
<div class='col col-xs-3'>
<input class="btn btn-block btn-primary" name="finish" type="submit" value="Save and Finish">
</div>
<div class="col col-xs-3"></div>
</form>
</div>
{% if photos|length > 0 %}
<h2>Uploaded photos:</h2>
{% for photo in photos %}
<div class='row'>
<img src="{{ photo.url }}" alt="">
</div>
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
</div>
When I inspect the <img> element, I see src="/media/media_root/pics/originals/DSC_1376.jpg" which gives me a url of http://127.0.0.1:8000/media/media_root/pics/originals/DSC_1376.jpg. This seems to be the correct file location to me, but it is still not displaying.
Like I say, everything seems to me to be set up how it is described in the Django documentation and in every other question I've read on SO. What am I missing?
Thank you in advance.
EDIT
Do I need to modify my STATICFILES_DIRS setting at all for uploaded media? Here is what I have right now:
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static_files"),
)
which is where I've put all my CSS and javascript files.

Answer 1

You forgot to concatenate the MEDIA_URL and the {{ photo.url }}.
Try:
<img src="{% get_media_prefix %}{{ photo.url }}" alt="">
More about {% get_media_prefix %} HERE in the docs.

Answer 2

My urls were the problem. When it was trying to retrieve the media files, it matched url(r'^', profiles.views.home, name='home') before it matched any of the media urls. A simple $ fixed it:
url(r'^$', profiles.views.home, name='home')