python - Django "TemplateDoesNotExist " Error but "Using loader django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader" File Exists

Question

Template Loader finds the template but template is not loaded

TemplateDoesNotExist at /cardpayment/

cardpayment.html

Request Method:     GET
Request URL:    http://localhost:7000/cardpayment/
Django Version:     1.8
Exception Type:     TemplateDoesNotExist
Exception Value:    

cardpayment.html

Exception Location:     /home/sdr/sl/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/template/loader.py in render_to_string, line 138
Python Executable:  /home/sdr/sl/bin/python
Python Version:     3.4.3
Python Path:    

['/home/sdr/sl/agryp',
 '/home/sdr/pycharm-4.0.6/helpers/pydev',
 '/home/sdr/sl/src/tastypie',
 '/home/sdr/sl/agryp',
 '/usr/local/lib/python34.zip',
 '/usr/local/lib/python3.4',
 '/usr/local/lib/python3.4/plat-linux',
 '/usr/local/lib/python3.4/lib-dynload',
 '/home/sdr/sl/lib/python3.4/site-packages']

Server time:    Tue, 5 May 2015 10:17:40 +0000
Template-loader postmortem

Django tried loading these templates, in this order:

    Using loader django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader:
        /home/sdr/sl/agryp/templates/cardpayment.html (File does not exist)
    Using loader django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader:
        /home/sdr/sl/agryp/agryp/templates/cardpayment.html (File exists) <=========== FILE EXISTS BUT NOT LOADED
        /home/sdr/sl/src/tastypie/tastypie/templates/cardpayment.html (File does not exist)
        /home/sdr/sl/lib/python3.4/site-packages/grappelli/templates/cardpayment.html (File does not exist)
        /home/sdr/sl/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/templates/cardpayment.html (File does not exist)
        /home/sdr/sl/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/templates/cardpayment.html (File does not exist)
        /home/sdr/sl/lib/python3.4/site-packages/oauth2_provider/templates/cardpayment.html (File does not exist)
        /home/sdr/sl/lib/python3.4/site-packages/selectable/templates/cardpayment.html (File does not exist)

As it can be clearly seen, the loader is able to find the template.

The TEMPLATE_DIRS value in settings.py is as follows:

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [ os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates"),],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
                'allauth.account.context_processors.account',
                'allauth.socialaccount.context_processors.socialaccount',
            ],
        },
    },
]

I have tried to move the template to project/templates directory as well but the error persists.

Code checks out with 0 errors/warnings.

contents of cardpayment.html

{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block title %}Card Payments over Phone{% endblock %}
{% block extrahead %}
    {% load selectable_tags %}
    {% include_ui_theme %}
{% endblock %}

{% block content %}
    <h1>Receive Card Payment</h1>
    <form name="paymentType"  id="paymentType" class="form-horizontal">
    <fieldset>
        <label>Check type of Customer
        <input type="radio" value="existing">Existing Customer<br />
        <input type="radio"  value="new">Nee Customer<br />
        </label>
    </fieldset>
    </form>

    <div class="row">
    <form class="form-horizontal">
        <table class="table-responsive table-bordered">
            {{ form.as_table }}
        </table>
    </form>
    </div>
{% endblock %}

Answer 1

i've been running into the same problem, the solution that work was to specify my template directory (projects/templates) in templates settings like this:

TEMPLATES = [
{
    'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
    'DIRS': ['templates'],
    'APP_DIRS': True,
    'OPTIONS': {
        'context_processors': [
            'django.template.context_processors.debug',
            'django.template.context_processors.request',
            'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
            'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            "django.core.context_processors.media",
        ],
    },
},

]