Setting up static folder path in Flask
flask, python
Solution
It looks like you are hardcoding to static file URLs. You tell Flask to server them with no URL prefix -- the default would have been `/static` -- but the log shows the request going to `/static/js/bootstrap.min.js`. You probably have something like the following in a template file.
<script src="/static/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
Instead, you should use `url_for` to create the URL for you. Change the above to
<script src="{{ url_for('static', filename='js/bootstrap.min.js') }}"></script>
This will result in
<script src="/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
Problem
Seems like my static files aren't being served properly. This is what it looks like right now: ``` myApp __init__.py static img js bootstrap.min.js etc. ``` This is what my app config in my `__init__.py` looks like: ``` app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path="", static_folder="static") ``` This is the error: ``` 127.0.0.1 - - [01/Dec/2014 13:12:01] "GET /static/js/bootstrap.min.js HTTP/1.1" 404 - ``` As far as the url routing goes, no problems there, localhost/home routes to home, localhost/contact routes to contact, etc. But static files aren't being found :( Am I missing something? NOTE: I'm hosting this on my Mac, purely local host This is my `__init__.py` main method: ``` if __name__ == "__main__": app.run(host='0.0.0.0', debug=True) ``` Running as: ``` python __init.py__ ```