[Feature Request] Deploying a dash app with GIFs

[Pranshul-Sardana]

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I work with video datasets and I don't know about a good way of deploying videos/gifs using dash. I am using dash-gif-component for creating a dash app with GIFs and I tried dash-tools advanced template. The app was working locally but the path was broken when deployed on Heroku.

Is there a way to deploy a GIF app to Heroku?

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[andrew-hossack]

Hey @Pranshul-Sardana you will need to add a "static" directory to include gifs and images. Check out https://dash.plotly.com/dash-enterprise/static-assets

[Pranshul-Sardana]

Thanks for sharing it. I am already keeping my png and gif files in assets and its subfolders. This is working locally but stops working when I deploy it to Heroku.

[andrew-hossack]

Check out https://community.plotly.com/t/deploying-your-dash-app-to-heroku-the-magical-guide/46723 under HEROKU PITFALL: Serving static files does not work for a potential solution!

[andrew-hossack]

Closed as this issue isn't dashtools related (related to plotly dash)