Changing the Static folder in a Flask App

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I am looking to change which folder is recognized as the main static folder in a flask app while it is running. How could I go about this? Is there a particular config or parameter I can use?

Does this answer your question? ==> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20646822/how-to-serve-static-files-in-flask/20648053#20648053 — Federico Baù, Aug 04 '20 at 14:43
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score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 09 '22 at 12:48

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Try

app = Flask(__name__, static_folder='static') # or rename to your own

edited Jun 09 '22 at 12:48

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '20 at 16:11

Assume your have a flask app named myblog.py and the following directory structure:

assets is the static directory. myblog.py code looks like this:

from flask import Flask, render_template

app = Flask(__name__, 
static_url_path='', 
static_folder='app/assets', 
template_folder='app/templates')

@app.route('/')
def index():
      return render_template("index.html")

In index.html you access the static css file like this:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='style.css') }}">

Changing the Static folder in a Flask App

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