python manage.py collectstatic not working: TypeError: sequence item 0: expected str instance, NoneType found

I have been following this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inQyZ7zFMHM1

My project so far is working fine with static files and all the files load and work properly. So, now I have to deploy the website on Heroku and for that, I uploaded the database on Amazon AWS using this video.

After bucket creation, I did the configurations as mentioned in the video (copied the static files into the Bucket AWS) but it didn’t work for me. It always showed me an error, that failed to load the resources

On searching, I found the command python manage.py collectstatic to upload files into Bucket so I tried it out but this is the error I keep on getting

TypeError: sequence item 0: expected str instance, NoneType found

I have searched a lot on this but unable to figure out what is the issue. This is also the same error which I got when I myself uploaded static files into Bucket and tried to upload a Profile Image

My settings.py file is as follows,

"""
Django settings for fcap project.

Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 4.1.

For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/settings/

For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/
"""

from pathlib import Path
import os 
from django.contrib.messages import constants as messages


# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent


# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-(c&774q+skzfb=n499li8!!!jv_m&s65eli3#w&zl+%c8h%sb$'

# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = []

MESSAGE_TAGS = {

    messages.DEBUG: 'alert-info',
    messages.INFO: 'alert-info',
    messages.SUCCESS: 'alert-success',
    messages.WARNING: 'alert-warning',
    messages.ERROR: 'alert-danger',
    
}

# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'fcap_users',
    'rest_framework',
    'storages', 
]

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'fcap.urls'

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',
            ],
        },
    },
]

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'fcap.wsgi.application'


# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'fcap_db',
        'USER': 'asad_hussain',
        'PASSWORD': '(hidden for purpose)',
        'HOST': 'database-2.cfhvhdusomqt.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com',
        'PORT': '5432', 
    }
}


# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators

AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
    },
]


# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/i18n/

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_TZ = True


# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/static-files/

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'fcap/static')]
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')

MEDIA_URL = "/images/"

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static/images')

# Default primary key field type
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field

DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'

# S3 Bucket Config 
AWS_KEY_ACCESS_KEY_ID = '(hidden)'
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = '(hidden)'
AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = 'asad-hussain-fcap'
AWS_S3_FILE_OVERWRITE = False 
AWS_DEFAULT_ACL = None 
DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage'
STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage'
AWS_S3_ADDRESSING_STYLE = "virtual"

This is my requirements.txt

asgiref==3.5.2
boto3==1.24.50
botocore==1.27.50
Django==4.1
django-filter==22.1
django-storages==1.13.1
djangorestframework==3.13.1
jmespath==1.0.1
Markdown==3.4.1
multielo==0.4.1
numpy==1.23.1
pandas==1.4.3
Pillow==9.2.0
psycopg2==2.9.3
python-dateutil==2.8.2
pytz==2022.1
s3transfer==0.6.0
six==1.16.0
sqlparse==0.4.2
tzdata==2022.1
urllib3==1.26.11
validate-email==1.3

My File Structure is as follows,

All the static files are working fine if they are on localhost but not working after the connection with AWS. However, the Postgres database is uploaded on AWS and it is working fine (that is, I can create users and etc using the AWS Database and they work fine.)

Answer

You have mispelled AWS_KEY_ACCESS_KEY_ID

It should be AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID

The program expects a string against AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID but because it is mispelled, so it is getting None instead. Due to this reason, you are getting an error that NoneType Found

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