serve is a callable within the django.views.static module of the Django project.
django-pipeline (project documentation and PyPI package information) is a code library for handling and compressing static content assets when handling requests in Django web applications.
The django-pipeline project is open sourced under the MIT License and it is maintained by the developer community group Jazzband.
django-pipeline / pipeline / views.py
# views.py
from django.conf import settings as django_settings
from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
from django.views.static import serve
from .collector import default_collector
from .conf import settings
def serve_static(request, path, insecure=False, **kwargs):
if not django_settings.DEBUG and not insecure:
raise ImproperlyConfigured("The staticfiles view can only be used in "
"debug mode or if the --insecure "
"option of 'runserver' is used")
if not settings.PIPELINE_ENABLED and settings.PIPELINE_COLLECTOR_ENABLED:
default_collector.collect(request, files=[path])
return serve(request, path, document_root=django_settings.STATIC_ROOT,
**kwargs)
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