The problem of not finding React static files in Python

The back end of my project is Python and I have used RteactJS for the front end. When using the python manage.py runserver command, the project runs successfully, but it does not find the static files.

setting:

import os
from pathlib import Path

BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent

STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '/clientApp/build/static'),
]
STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "static"

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

url :

urlpatterns = [
    path('', index, name='index'),
] + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)

Did you collect your statics files? If not use this command: python manage.py collectstatic after that, you can use this command to run your server: python manage.py runserver

If it's not working again try to change your code with this:

settings:

import os
from pathlib import Path

BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent

STATICFILES_DIRS = [
   os.path.join(BASE_DIR / "clientApp/build/static"),
]
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static-cdn', 'static-root')

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

urls:

from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static

urlpatterns = [
    path('', index, name='index'),
]

if settings.DEBUG:
    # add root static files
    urlpatterns = urlpatterns + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)

for more information, you can read this document: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/howto/static-files/

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