In Django, How do you write the url pattern for '/' and other root-based urls
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07-07-2021 - |
Question
I'm new to django, and one of the things that I'm still learning is url_patterns. I set up a pages app to handle the root path (http://www.mysite.com) as well as some static pages such as the about page. I figured out how to set up the url pattern for the root path, but I can't get the site to direct the path '/about' to the pages "about" view.
Here is my main urls.py
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from django.conf import settings
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^polls/', include('polls.urls')),
url(r'^$', 'pages.views.root'),
url(r'^/', include('pages.urls')),
)
here is my pages urls.py
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
urlpatterns = patterns('pages.views',
url(r'^about', 'about'),
)
Here is my pages views.py
# Create your views here.
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from django.template import RequestContext
from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
def root(request):
return render_to_response('pages/root.html',context_instance=RequestContext(request))
def about(request):
return render_to_response('pages/about.html',context_instance=RequestContext(request))
If I change the main urls.py file to have r'^a/', include('pages.urls')
then the path '/a/about' directs to the about action.. so I think it has to be an issue in the way i'm writing the url pattern in this file. But, I can't figure out how to change it. Can anyone help?
La solution
Figured out what the issue is. The proper url_pattern on the project level is:
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^polls/', include('polls.urls')),
url(r'^$', 'pages.views.root'),
url(r'', include('pages.urls')),
)
When this is in place, '/about' and other simple paths direct properly.
Thanks everyone!
Autres conseils
Try this, for url.py on the project level:
urlpatterns = patterns('',
# Examples:
url(r'^$', 'apps_name.views.home', name='home'),
# Uncomment the admin/doc line below to enable admin documentation:
# url(r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),
# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
(r'^about/', include('about.urls')),
)
and then the url.py for the app about
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^$', direct_to_template, {"template": "about/about.html"}, name="about"),
)
Take into account that regular expression are evaluated from top to bottom, then if the path fits the regexp it will enter. To learn more about regexp google it or try the great book from Zed Shaw about regexps
Note that from Django version 2.0 the URL pattern has changed to use django.urls.path()
Check Example here: link
from django.urls import path
from . import views
urlpatterns = [
# ex: /polls/
path('', views.index, name='index'),
# ex: /polls/5/
path('<int:question_id>/', views.detail, name='detail'),
# ex: /polls/5/results/
path('<int:question_id>/results/', views.results, name='results'),
# ex: /polls/5/vote/
path('<int:question_id>/vote/', views.vote, name='vote'),
]
About the url
method:
url(r'^$', 'pages.views.root')
url
is deprecated in Django 3.1, it's good to use re_path
instead.
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/urls/#s-url
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/urls/#re-path
Note: The r'^$'
pattern WON'T work with path
function, and will give you a misleading error that the route could not be found.
You have to use re_path(r'^$', [etc])
every time you use a regular expression instead of a simple string in pattern.