Command

This class starts a lightweight web server for development that also serves static files. It extends the base runserver command to provide additional arguments for controlling static file handling, such as disabling automatic serving or forcing it when debug mode is off. The class determines whether to wrap the default handler with a static files handler based on the provided configuration and environment settings.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
help	string	Starts a lightweight web server for development and also serves static files.

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Methods

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add_arguments()

@classmethod
def add_arguments(
    parser: ArgumentParser
) - > null

Configures the command line argument parser with additional flags for controlling static file serving behavior.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
parser	ArgumentParser	The argument parser instance to which the --nostatic and --insecure flags will be added.

Returns

Type	Description
null	Nothing is returned; the parser object is modified in-place.

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get_handler()

@classmethod
def get_handler(
    *args: tuple,
    **options: dict
) - > [WSGIHandler](../../../../../core/handlers/wsgi/wsgihandler.md?sid=django_core_handlers_wsgi_wsgihandler)

Return the static files serving handler wrapping the default handler, if static files should be served. Otherwise return the default handler.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
*args	tuple	Variable length argument list passed to the parent handler initialization.
**options	dict	Configuration options containing 'use_static_handler' and 'insecure_serving' to determine if static files should be intercepted.

Returns

Type	Description
[WSGIHandler](../../../../../core/handlers/wsgi/wsgihandler.md?sid=django_core_handlers_wsgi_wsgihandler)	A WSGI handler that either includes StaticFilesHandler middleware or the standard application handler based on the provided options.

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