id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 28122 Override static/directory_index.html template will raise TypeError: context must be a dict rather than Context Natt Piyapramote nobody "**Test step** 1. Create **templates/static/directory_index.html** with following content {{{ {% load i18n %}

{% blocktrans %}Index of {{ directory }}{% endblocktrans %}

}}} 2. Config **settings.py**'s TEMPLATE_DIR to search **templates/** {{{ TEMPLATES = [ { 'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates', 'DIRS': [ 'templates' # add config here ], 'APP_DIRS': True, 'OPTIONS': { 'context_processors': [ 'django.template.context_processors.debug', 'django.template.context_processors.request', 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth', 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages', ], }, }, ] }}} 3. Use **django.views.static.serve** in **urls.py** {{{ def browse(request): return serve(request, request.path, '/tmp', show_indexes=True) urlpatterns = [ url(r'^browse/', browse), }}} **Actual result** {{{ TypeError at /browse/ context must be a dict rather than Context. Request Method: GET Request URL: http://localhost:8001/browse/ Django Version: 1.11 Exception Type: TypeError Exception Value: context must be a dict rather than Context. Exception Location: /home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/template/context.py in make_context, line 287 Python Executable: /home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/bin/python Python Version: 3.5.2 Python Path: ['/home/natt/tmp/demo', '/home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/lib/python35.zip', '/home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/lib/python3.5', '/home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/lib/python3.5/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu', '/home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/lib/python3.5/lib-dynload', '/usr/lib/python3.5', '/usr/lib/python3.5/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu', '/home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/lib/python3.5/site-packages'] Server time: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:24:00 +0000 Internal Server Error: /qml/ Traceback (most recent call last): File ""/home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py"", line 41, in inner response = get_response(request) File ""/home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py"", line 187, in _get_response response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request) File ""/home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py"", line 185, in _get_response response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs) File ""/home/natt/tmp/demo/demo/urls.py"", line 23, in main return serve(request, path, '/home/natt/cnmi/his/his/qmlweb/qml', show_indexes=True) File ""/home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/static.py"", line 43, in serve return directory_index(path, fullpath) File ""/home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/static.py"", line 107, in directory_index return HttpResponse(t.render(c)) File ""/home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/template/backends/django.py"", line 64, in render context = make_context(context, request, autoescape=self.backend.engine.autoescape) File ""/home/natt/.virtualenvs/django111/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/template/context.py"", line 287, in make_context raise TypeError('context must be a dict rather than %s.' % context.__class__.__name__) TypeError: context must be a dict rather than Context. }}} **Expected result** Directory browsing render successfully (This works correctly in Django 1.10)" Uncategorized new Uncategorized 1.11 Normal Unreviewed 0 0 0 0 0 0