[Django]-Get the file path for a static file in django code

Use finders-module of Django

from django.contrib.staticfiles import finders

result = finders.find('css/base.css')
searched_locations = finders.searched_locations

String result is the file-system path, and if not found, double check searched_locations

project_dir.url add to the end of file

if DEBUG:
    urlpatterns += patterns(
        '',
        url(r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
            {'document_root': MEDIA_ROOT}),

        url(r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
            {'document_root': STATIC_ROOT}),
)

project_dir.settings

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
)
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
)
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static_debug')
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

make dirs media & static_debug (add them to .gitignore)

project_dir/
    static/
        image.jpg
    settings.py
    urls.py
apps/
    __init__.py
    some_app/
        static/
            some_app/
                css/
                    style.css
media/
static_debug/

Now you can run project or directly

python manage.py collectstatic

access from views

from django.templatetags.static import static

static('image.jpg')
static('some_app/css/style.css')

access from templates

{% load staticfiles %}

{% static 'image.jpg' %}
{% static 'some_app/css/style.css' %}

After doing lots of mistakes the following thing worked for me..

Suppose you have following directory structure (Thanks @madzohan)

project_dir/
    static/
        image.jpg
    settings.py
    urls.py
apps/
    __init__.py
    some_app/
        static/
            some_app/
                css/
                    style.css

And now if you want to get the path of project_dir/static/image.py then

In your project_dir/settings.py file define a STATIC_DIR varaible on the file scope like. ( If not done before )

project_dir/settings.py

import os

# after your other file variables
STATIC_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')

Now in your app_name/views.py file from where you want to acess the /static/image.jpg file

app_name/views.py

import os
from project_dir.settings import STATIC_DIR

# here I want the /static/image.jpg file then
image = os.path.join(STATIC_DIR, 'image.jpg')

And then you can have acces to image.jpg file throught image variable

Hope this works well for you

Since you want an app’s static, here’s what you need!

from django.contrib.staticfiles import finders

APP_LABEL = 'app_youre_looking_at'
FILE_NAME = 'file_name_you_want_to_read_or_write.ext'

stores = finders.AppDirectoriesFinder(app_names={APP_LABEL}).storages
print(f'Here it is: {stores[APP_LABEL].path(FILE_NAME)}')

The FILE_NAME is not required to exist. You can use stores[APP_LABEL].path('') to get path only.