Within this article we will look at how to configure Django to serve your ‘robots.txt’ file.
Though there are a number of methods available to achieve this, this example we will only look at the Django urls.py method. In that only the the urls.py file within your Django project will need to be changed.
Example
Below is an example of the urls.py file. The additional lines that are required are displayed via the plus symbol.
Based on this urls.py configuration the robots.txt file would need to be placed directly within your templates directory.
from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, include, url
+ from django.views.generic.simple import direct_to_template
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^example_home/$', 'example.views.home'),
+ url(r'^robots\.txt$', direct_to_template, {'template': 'robots.txt', 'mimetype': 'text/plain'}),
)
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