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<h2><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">static_url</span></tt> context processor<a class="headerlink" href="#static-url-context-processor" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>To refer to static file assets from a template, ensure you have set the
<a class="reference internal" href="settings.html#static-url"><em>STATIC_URL</em></a> setting to the URL path where the static files are served.</p>
<p>Next, add the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">static_url</span></tt> context processor to your
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS</span></tt> setting:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span>
<span class="s">'staticfiles.context_processors.static_url'</span><span class="p">,</span>
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<p>Templates rendered with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">RequestContext</span></tt> will now have access to a
<a class="reference internal" href="settings.html#static-url"><em>STATIC_URL</em></a> context variable:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre><link href="{{ STATIC_URL }}css/polls.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /></pre>
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<h2>Serving static files during development<a class="headerlink" href="#serving-static-files-during-development" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<p class="last">Don’t use this on production servers.
This feature is <strong>only intended for development</strong>.
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<p>To serve static media for both <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MEDIA_URL</span></tt> and <a class="reference internal" href="settings.html#static-url"><em>STATIC_URL</em></a> add the
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<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">django.conf</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">settings</span>
<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">staticfiles.urls</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">staticfiles_urlpatterns</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">settings</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">DEBUG</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">urlpatterns</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="n">staticfiles_urlpatterns</span><span class="p">()</span>
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