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Author: Deadcoder001

db.sqlite3

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
+import dj_database_url  # Import dj_database_url
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -21,12 +22,18 @@
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = "django-insecure-n&a6vut67vp5ysh09jvsts&6%m5e*b_#hr82iuw(1dk^d18yok"
+# Get the SECRET_KEY from a Render environment variable
+SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY', 'django-insecure-n&a6vut67vp5ysh09jvsts&6%m5e*b_#hr82iuw(1dk^d18yok')
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
+# Get DEBUG status from a Render environment variable (defaults to False)
+DEBUG = os.environ.get('DEBUG', 'False') == 'True'
 
+# Get the ALLOWED_HOSTS from Render's environment variable
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+RENDER_EXTERNAL_HOSTNAME = os.environ.get('RENDER_EXTERNAL_HOSTNAME')
+if RENDER_EXTERNAL_HOSTNAME:
+    ALLOWED_HOSTS.append(RENDER_EXTERNAL_HOSTNAME)
 
 
 # Application definition
@@ -43,6 +50,8 @@
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    # Add WhiteNoise middleware right after SecurityMiddleware
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
@@ -75,18 +84,20 @@
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/settings/#databases
 
+# This setup uses dj_database_url to read the DATABASE_URL env var from Render
 DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
-    }
+    'default': dj_database_url.config(
+        # Use SQLite locally if DATABASE_URL is not set
+        default=f'sqlite:///{BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3"}',
+        conn_max_age=600,
+    )
 }
 
 
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 
-AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+AUTH_PASSWORD_validators = [
     {
         "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator",
     },
@@ -109,7 +120,7 @@
 
 TIME_ZONE = 'Asia/Kolkata'
 
-USE_I18N = True
+USE_I1N = True
 
 USE_TZ = True
 
@@ -119,7 +130,14 @@
 
 STATIC_URL = "static/"
 
+# This is the directory where collectstatic will gather all static files.
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'staticfiles'
+
+# Enable WhiteNoise to serve static files efficiently.
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
+
+
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
-DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"