Flask raises TemplateNotFound error even though template file exists

Question

I am trying to render the file home.html. The file exists in my project, but I keep getting jinja2.exceptions.TemplateNotFound: home.html when I t

Answer 1

When render_template() function is used it tries to search for template in the folder called templates and it throws error jinja2.exceptions.TemplateNotFound when :

1. the html file do not exist or
2. when templates folder do not exist

To solve the problem :

create a folder with name templates in the same directory where the python file is located and place the html file created in the templates folder.