react/views.py

import posixpath
from pathlib import Path
from django.utils._os import safe_join
from django.views.static import serve as static_serve
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.template import loader


def serve_react(request, path, document_root=None):
    path = posixpath.normpath(path).lstrip("/")
    fullpath = Path(safe_join(document_root, path))
    print(fullpath, document_root)
    if fullpath.is_file():
        return static_serve(request, path, document_root)
    else:
        # return static_serve(request, "index.html", document_root)
        # send index.html as template
        return render(request, 'index.html')


def index(request):
    return render(request, 'index.html')