TemplateDoesNotExist at /polls/ - in Django Tutorial
Question: I have been trying out Django tutorial(documentation) and is stuck with this
error for 2 days now. I will paste my views.py, settings.py and my directory
structure below. Views.Py

    
    
    from django.shortcuts import render
    from django.http import HttpResponse
    from django.template import RequestContext, loader
    
    from polls.models import Poll
    
    # Create your views here.
    
    #def index(request):
        #return HttpResponse("Hello, world. You are at the poll index.")
    
    def index(request):
        latest_poll_list = Poll.objects.order_by('-pub_date')[:5]
        template = loader.get_template('polls/index.html')
        context = RequestContext(request, {
            'latest_poll_list': latest_poll_list,
        })
        return HttpResponse(template.render(context))
    
    def detail(request,poll_id):
        return HttpResponse("You're looking at the results of the poll %s." % poll_id)
    
    def results(request, poll_id):
        return HttpResponse("You're looking at the results of poll %s." % poll_id)
    
    def vote(request,poll_id):
        return HttpResponse("You're voting on poll %s." % poll_id)
    

Settings.Py

    
    
    """
    Django settings for mysite project.
    
    For more information on this file, see
    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/settings/
    
    For the full list of settings and their values, see
    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/settings/
    """
    
    # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
    import os
    BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
    
    
    # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
    # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/deployment/checklist/
    
    # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
    SECRET_KEY = 'ma_x5+pnvp$o7#5g#lb)0g$sa5ln%k(z#wcahwib4dngbbe9^='
    
    # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
    DEBUG = True
    
    TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True
    
    ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
    
    
    # Application definition
    
    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        'django.contrib.admin',
        'django.contrib.auth',
        'django.contrib.contenttypes',
        'django.contrib.sessions',
        'django.contrib.messages',
        'django.contrib.staticfiles',
        'polls',
    )
    
    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
        'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
        'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
        'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
        'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
        'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
        'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
    )
    
    ROOT_URLCONF = 'mysite.urls'
    
    WSGI_APPLICATION = 'mysite.wsgi.application'
    
    
    # Database
    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/settings/#databases
    
    DATABASES = {
        'default': {
            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
            'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'C://Python34/mysite/db.sqlite3'),
        }
    }
    
    # Internationalization
    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/i18n/
    
    LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
    
    TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
    
    USE_I18N = True
    
    USE_L10N = True
    
    USE_TZ = True
    
    TEMPLATE_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')]
    
    
    # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/static-files/
    
    STATIC_URL = '/static/'
    

Urls.Py

    
    
    from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
    from polls import views
    
    urlpatterns = patterns('',
        # ex: /polls/
        url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
        # ex: /polls/5/
        url(r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/$', views.detail, name='detail'),
        # ex: /polls/5/results/
        url(r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/results/$', views.results, name='results'),
        # ex: /polls/5/vote/
        url(r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/vote/$', views.vote, name='vote'),
    )
    

This is the Error Traceback i get.

    
    
    Environment:
    
    
    Request Method: GET
    Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/polls/
    
    Django Version: 1.6.4
    Python Version: 3.4.0
    Installed Applications:
    ('django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'polls')
    Installed Middleware:
    ('django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware')
    
    Template Loader Error:
    Django tried loading these templates, in this order:
    Using loader django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader:
    C:\templates\polls\index.html (File does not exist)
    Using loader django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader:
    C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\templates\polls\index.html (File does not exist)
    C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\templates\polls\index.html (File does not exist)
    C:\Python34\mysite\polls\templates\polls\index.html (File does not exist)
    
    
    
    Traceback:
    File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py" in get_response
      114.                     response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
    File "C:\Python34\mysite\polls\views.py" in index
      14.     template = loader.get_template('polls/index.html')
    File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\template\loader.py" in get_template
      138.     template, origin = find_template(template_name)
    File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\template\loader.py" in find_template
      131.     raise TemplateDoesNotExist(name)
    
    Exception Type: TemplateDoesNotExist at /polls/
    Exception Value: polls/index.html
    

I believe the problem is with pointing my index.html file which is inside
/mysite/polls/templates/polls/index.html. This is my file structure
mysite/polls/templates/polls/index.html.

It will be a great help if someone can solve this problem. Any help would be
appreciated. thanks in advance!


Answer: Please try replacing your TEMPLATES with the code block I've written below,
copy it and replace your TEMPLATES:

    
    
    TEMPLATES = [
        {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': ['polls/templates'],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
    
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.i18n',
                'django.template.context_processors.media',
                'django.template.context_processors.static',
                'django.template.context_processors.tz',
                    'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
                ],
            },
        },
    ]
    

I don't think your template_dirs=[] variable is working properly. If your on
1.9 then its depreciated and being over written/ignored. If your templates
folder is in a different place then just write something crazy in there and
look for it in the traceback, then compare that to your desired path and go
from there...

hope this helped

