TemplateDoesNotExist at /search/ in Django 2.0.2 - python-3.x

Question

when I try to execute the function, I am getting (TemplateDoesNotExist at /search/)
my templates folder is located at C:\Users\Rafik\Documents\myproject\env_mysite\Scripts\mysie\books\templates
python code is running fine but it says TemplateDoesNotExist
views.py:
def search(request):
error = False
if 'q' in request.GET:
q = request.GET['q']
if not q:
error = True
elif len(q) > 20:
error = True
else:
books = Book.objects.filter(title__icontains=q)
return render(request, 'search_results.html', {'books': books, 'query': q})
return render(request, 'search_form.html', {'error': error})
apps/urls.py:
from django.conf.urls import url
from books import views
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^search-form/$', views.search_form),
url(r'^search/$', views.search)
]
TEMPLATE settings.py
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',
],
},
},
]

Answer 1

I am new to stackoverflow as an author, so please excuse me for not using the appropriate markup here. I run into the same error when working through the Django 2.0 tutorial (more specifically: in Tutorial03, after switching from loader.get_template() to shortcuts.render()). The following solution finally proved to work for me:
In the TEMPLATES section of my settings.py, DIRS remains an empty list and APP_DIRS is set to True.
In the render() statement, there is no path portion when specifying the template, just e.g. render(request, 'index.html', context)
the template file must directly be located in the app/templates directory (not in /app/templates/app)
My enviroment is Django 2.0.2 with CPython 3.6.4 under Windows 10 (and cygwin). Hope this helps.