django_vite_minimal_settings_configuration_for_vite_assets.py

1import os
2from pathlib import Path
3
4# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
5BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
6
7# 1. Add 'django_vite' to your INSTALLED_APPS
8INSTALLED_APPS = [
9    # ...
10    'django_vite',
11    # ...
12]
13
14# 2. Configure Django Vite settings
15# The path to your manifest file generated by Vite (usually in your static folder)
16DJANGO_VITE_ASSETS_PATH = BASE_DIR / "static" / "dist"
17
18# If you are in development mode (using Vite dev server)
19DJANGO_VITE_DEV_MODE = True
20
21# The URL to the Vite dev server (only used if DJANGO_VITE_DEV_MODE is True)
22DJANGO_VITE_DEV_SERVER_HOST = "localhost"
23DJANGO_VITE_DEV_SERVER_PORT = 5173
24
25# 3. In your Django templates, you can now use the vite tags:
26# {% load django_vite %}
27# {% vite_hmr_client %}
28# {% vite_asset 'src/main.js' %}