Django static files on heroku

Question

I deployed a django app to heroku, using \"git push heroku master\" which worked absolutely fine.

I then created a second app on the same git using \"heroku create s

Answer 1

For Django 2.1.7, I did the following changes in order to work:

1. Added whitenoise to requirements.txt in addition to gunicorn

2. Project settings.py should have the following:

   A) static settings:

   STATIC_URL = '/static/'
   STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
   
   STATICFILES_DIRS = [
       os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"), 
   ]
   

   B) Add whitenoise to middleware:

   MIDDLEWARE = [
      .....
      'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
   ]
   

Finally commit and push your changes then deploy your app peacefully.