from django.contrib import admin from django.urls import path, re_path, include from django.conf import settings from django.conf.urls.static import static from django.views.static import serve as static_serve from django.http import FileResponse, Http404 import os from urllib.parse import unquote def serve_media(request, path): """Serve media files — works under Daphne/ASGI where static() does not.""" # URL-decode the path (handles %20 for spaces, etc.) decoded_path = unquote(path) file_path = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, decoded_path) if os.path.isfile(file_path): return FileResponse(open(file_path, 'rb')) # Fallback: try the raw (non-decoded) path raw_path = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, path) if os.path.isfile(raw_path): return FileResponse(open(raw_path, 'rb')) print(f"[MEDIA 404] Requested: {path}") print(f"[MEDIA 404] Decoded: {decoded_path}") print(f"[MEDIA 404] Full path: {file_path}") print(f"[MEDIA 404] Exists: {os.path.exists(file_path)}") print(f"[MEDIA 404] Dir listing: {os.listdir(os.path.dirname(file_path)) if os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(file_path)) else 'DIR NOT FOUND'}") raise Http404(f"Media file not found: {decoded_path}") urlpatterns = [ path('admin/', admin.site.urls), # Serve media files explicitly — needed because Daphne (ASGI) does not # honour the static() helper the way Django's runserver does. # Must be BEFORE the catch-all chat.urls include. re_path(r'^media/(?P.*)$', serve_media), path('', include('chat.urls')), ] + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT) handler404 = 'chat.views.handler404' handler500 = 'chat.views.handler500'