routing to html pages works!!!

backend/api/models.py

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 # You'll have to do the following manually to clean this up:
 #   * Rearrange models' order
 #   * Make sure each model has one field with primary_key=True
-#   * Make sure each ForeignKey and OneToOneField has `on_delete` set to the desired behavior
-#   * Remove `managed = False` lines if you wish to allow Django to create, modify, and delete the table
+#   * Make sure each ForeignKey and OneToOneField has `on_delete` 
+#   * set to the desired behavior
+#   * Remove `managed = False` lines if you wish to allow Django 
+#   * to create, modify, and delete the table
 # Feel free to rename the models, but don't rename db_table values or field names.
 from django.db import models
 
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@ class Meta:
 class MedicationLog(models.Model):
     log_id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
     user = models.ForeignKey('Users', models.DO_NOTHING, blank=True, null=True)
-    medication = models.ForeignKey(MedicationInfo, models.DO_NOTHING, blank=True, null=True)
+    medication = models.ForeignKey(MedicationInfo, models.DO_NOTHING, blank=True, 
+                                   null=True)
     date = models.DateField()
     time = models.TimeField()
     time_zone = models.CharField(max_length=5)

backend/api/views.py

@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.conf import settings
+import os
 
 # Create your views here.
 def test_page(request):
     return HttpResponse('This is a test page to verify if the django setup works')
 
 def api_home(request):
-    return HttpResponse('API Landing page')
+    return render(request, os.path.join(settings.FRONTEND_DIR, 'api_home.html'))

backend/med_reminder/settings.py

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
-
+FRONTEND_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '..', 'frontend')
+print(FRONTEND_DIR)
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
@@ -63,7 +64,10 @@
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [],
+        'DIRS': [
+            FRONTEND_DIR,
+            os.path.join(FRONTEND_DIR, 'lib'),
+            ],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
@@ -132,7 +136,12 @@
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/howto/static-files/
 
-STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+
+# Additional directories to find static files
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [
+    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'api/static'),
+]
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#default-auto-field

backend/med_reminder/urls.py

@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
-    path('api/', include('api.api_urls'))
+    path('', include('api.api_urls'))
 ]