From b9fe9ae8960869c6e0cd6edea4d78ece28051f53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PouyaKhajavi <pouyakhajavidev@newhorizon.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 12:17:57 +0330
Subject: [PATCH] feat(backend): configure Django to serve compiled React SPA
 from frontend/dist

---
 backend/config/settings.py | 5 ++++-
 backend/config/urls.py     | 2 ++
 frontend/vite.config.js    | 1 +
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backend/config/settings.py b/backend/config/settings.py
index aa0f560..0103c95 100644
--- a/backend/config/settings.py
+++ b/backend/config/settings.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ROOT_URLCONF = 'config.urls'
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [],
+        'DIRS': [BASE_DIR.parent / 'frontend' / 'dist'],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [
+    BASE_DIR.parent / 'frontend' / 'dist',
+]
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
diff --git a/backend/config/urls.py b/backend/config/urls.py
index a6e0d7a..6f99a05 100644
--- a/backend/config/urls.py
+++ b/backend/config/urls.py
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ Including another URLconf
 """
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path,include
+from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 from core.views import HealthCheckView
 
 urlpatterns = [
+    path('', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='index.html'), name='dashboard'),
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
     path('api/health/', HealthCheckView.as_view(), name='health-check'),
     path('api/crawlers/', include('crawler.urls')),
diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.js b/frontend/vite.config.js
index 8e3b92f..d3ccba7 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.js
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
     react(),
     tailwindcss(),
   ],
+  base: '/static/',
   server: {
     proxy: {
       '/api': {