Where does flask look for image files?
I am setting up a local server using flask. All I want to do currently is display an image using the img tag in the index.html page. But I keep getting error
GET http://localhost:5000/
ayrton_senna_movie_wallpaper_by_bashgfx-d4cm6x6.jpg 404 (NOT FOUND)
Where does flask look for files? A Little help would be great. My HTML code is
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hi Lionel Messi</h1>
<img src= "ayrton_senna_movie_wallpaper_by_bashgfx-d4cm6x6.jpg ">
</body>
</html>
My python code is :
@app.route('/index', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def lionel():
return app.send_static_file('index.html')
Answer
Is the image file ayrton_senna_movie_wallpaper_by_bashgfx-d4cm6x6.jpg in your static directory? If you move it to your static directory and update your HTML as such:
<img src="/static/ayrton_senna_movie_wallpaper_by_bashgfx-d4cm6x6.jpg">
It should work.
Also, it is worth noting, there is a better way to structure this.
File structure:
app.py
static
|----ayrton_senna_movie_wallpaper_by_bashgfx-d4cm6x6.jpg
templates
|----index.html
app.py
from flask import Flask, render_template, url_for
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/index', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def lionel():
return render_template('index.html')
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run()
templates/index.html
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hi Lionel Messi</h1>
<img src="{{url_for('static', filename='ayrton_senna_movie_wallpaper_by_bashgfx-d4cm6x6.jpg')}}" />
</body>
</html>
Doing it this way ensures that you are not hard-coding a URL path for your static assets.