Flask raises TemplateNotFound error even though template file exists

Question

I am trying to render the file home.html. The file exists in my project, but I keep getting jinja2.exceptions.TemplateNotFound: home.html when I t

Answer 1

Check that:

1. the template file has the right name
2. the template file is in a subdirectory called templates
3. the name you pass to render_template is relative to the template directory (index.html would be directly in the templates directory, auth/login.html would be under the auth directory in the templates directory.)
4. you either do not have a subdirectory with the same name as your app, or the templates directory is inside that subdir.

If that doesn't work, turn on debugging (app.debug = True) which might help figure out what's wrong.