How to return static files passing through a view in django?

Question

I need to return css files and js files according to specific logic. Clearly, static serve does not perform what I need. I have a view, whose render method uses logic to fin

Answer 1

you can use below code in your view:
Note:in this function I return images but you can return every thing based your need and set your context_type

from django.http import HttpResponse,Http404
import os

def img_finder(request, img_name):
    try:
        with open(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + '/static/img/' + img_name, 'rb') as f:
            return HttpResponse(f.read(), content_type="image/jpeg")
    except IOError:
        raise Http404

Answer 2

Why not return an HttpResponseRedirect to the location of the correct static file?