Django MEDIA_URL and MEDIA_ROOT

Question

I\'m trying to upload an image via the Django admin and then view that image either in a page on the frontend or just via a URL.

Note this is all on my local machine

Answer 1

Adding to Micah Carrick answer for django 1.8:

if settings.DEBUG:
  urlpatterns.append(url(r'^media/(?P.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}))