load static file with variable name in django

Question

I'm trying to do load the following static file

 <a href="{%static 'static/images/'{{ image.title }}'.png' %}">img file</a> 

where image is in a for loop of images derived from a database.

But I simply got an error Could not parse the remainder: '{{' from ''static/matrices/'{{'

What should I do to fix this? I can't use relative paths because this will be used by subsections as well, with the same html template.

Answer 1

You should pass a full string to the static tag from staticfiles. This is so it can use your staticstorages to find your file.

{% load staticfiles %}
{% with 'images/'|add:image.title|add:'.png' as image_static %}
  {% static image_static %}
{% endwith %}

But in your use case it might be better if you just store the path of the images on the image model itself.

Answer 2

I got this to work by using an empty string for the static path and then using my variables in their own section, like this:

<a href= "{% static "" %}{{obj.a}}/{{obj.b}}/{{obj.c}}.gz" >Name</a>