Google Cloud Storage for Static Files
A snippet showing how to serve static files from GCS in Django.
# Install required packages
pip install django-storages[google] google-cloud-storage
# settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS += ['storages']
STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.gcloud.GoogleCloudStorage'
GS_BUCKET_NAME = 'your-gcs-bucket'
# To use a service account for authentication, set the environment variable:
# GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS = '/path/to/your/service-account.json'
Explanation:
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Static files are uploaded and served from
Google Cloud Storage. -
GoogleCloudStorageis used to store static files in Google Cloud Storage. -
GS_BUCKET_NAMEis used to specify the Google Cloud Storage bucket name.
- Category Static & Media Files
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- Last Modified 03 May, 2026
- Tags #static #gcs #storage #deployment
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