import sys from django.conf import settings from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line from django.urls import path from django.http import HttpResponse settings.configure( DEBUG=True, ROOT_URLCONF=__name__ ) def hello(request): with open('home.html') as f: return HttpResponse(f.read()) # return HttpResponse("Hello, World!") urlpatterns = [ path('', hello), ] if __name__ == '__main__': execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)