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Python Django Basics Final Details Article detail view

Posted by Thomas Mabika
Thomas Mabika
5,067 Points

don't know where i'm going wrong on this...lil help here

Our view needs an URL. Add a new url to article/urls.py. The pattern should be "article/" and then the pk argument, which should be one or more digits.

articles/views.py 
from django.shortcuts import render

from .models import Article, Writer

def article_list(request):
    articles = Article.objects.all()
    return render(request, 'articles/article_list.html', {'articles': articles})


def writer_detail(request, pk):
    writer = Writer.objects.get(pk=pk)
    return render(request, 'articles/writer_detail.html', {'writer': writer})

def article_detail(request, pk):
    article = Article.objects.get(pk=pk)
    return render(request, 'articles/article_detail.html', {'article': article})

from django.conf.urls import url

from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^writer/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', views.writer_detail),
    url(r'^article/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', views.article_detail),
    url(r'', views.article_list),
]
articles/urls.py 
from django.conf.urls import url

from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'writer/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', views.writer_detail),
    url(r'', views.article_list),
]

2 Answers

Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points
Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points

Hi Thomas,

The problem is that you copied all the code from urls.py into views.py.

Your "article" url pattern is correct, but it needs to be in urls.py with the others. That is where django will look for it.

Thomas Mabika
Thomas Mabika
5,067 Points

can you please demonstrate? am not getting it..

Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points
Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points

There are 2 files in the code challenge and they are set up as tabs. One is "articles/views.py", the other is "articles/urls.py".

In views.py you added the following:

from django.conf.urls import url

from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^writer/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', views.writer_detail),
    url(r'^article/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', views.article_detail),
    url(r'', views.article_list),
]

The code is correct but it's in the wrong file. All of this code needs to be cut from views.py, and pasted into urls.py.

Thomas Mabika
Thomas Mabika
5,067 Points
Thomas Mabika
Thomas Mabika
5,067 Points

wow! ain't I just a genius!!! 2 days stuck on a challenge and all I had to do was just clicking on the next tab?? feel like I deserve an award or something....lol