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Python Django Class-based Views Classy Views Basic View

Douglas North
Douglas North
10,884 Points
Posted by Douglas North
Douglas North
10,884 Points

class based views task 3

whats wrong with this code? I cannot see a problem.

myproject/urls.py 
from django.conf.urls import url, include


from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'/', views.WelcomeView.as_view(), name='welcome'),
]
myproject/views.py 
from django.views.generic import View
from django.http import HttpResponse

class WelcomeView(View):
    def get(self, request):
        return HttpResponse('Welcome I guess')

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 67,989 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 67,989 Points

You are very close. The url raw string is not correct.

When specifying the raw string for a url, the trailing / is not included. To guarantee only the root location matches, include the beginning-marker and ending-marker: r'^$'