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Python Django Basics Final Details Article detail view

Posted by Bryce Wellman
Bryce Wellman
7,742 Points

creating the URL for step 2 for article details

I need help figuring out what im doing wrong any help is appreciated!

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})
articles/urls.py 
from django.conf.urls import url

from . import views

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

1 Answer

Jeff Muday
MOD
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,722 Points
Jeff Muday
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,722 Points

You are so close!

*There is a non-obvious issue with the way the url order works. * You almost always need to go from most specific to least specific regular expression form. So all you need to do is to change the "catchment" order of the URLs.

And then it should work perfectly.

See below:

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),  
]

Good luck with Django, it's a great framework for robust web projects!

Bryce Wellman
Bryce Wellman
7,742 Points

Thank you very much!