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Python

Posted by csj
csj
12,678 Points

I can't spot the mistake in 'Writer view'

Now we need to create the view. I've already made the URL and template for you.

Create a view named writer_detail that takes a pk argument. It should .get() the Writer with the requested pk and render() the "articles/writer_detail.html" template. Provide the Writer in the context as "writer".

Bummer! Make sure the 'articles/writer_detail.html' template is used.

from django.shortcuts import render

from .models import Article
from .models import Writer

def article_list(request):
    articles = Articles.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})

I can't spot the mistake. Can someone help me out.

Filipe Fernandes
Filipe Fernandes
17,224 Points
Filipe Fernandes
Filipe Fernandes
17,224 Points

This is obviously an extremely late comment, but on line 6 where it says: articles = Articles.objects.all(), Articles should be Article, I believe

3 Answers

Allison Schaaf
Allison Schaaf
33,322 Points
Allison Schaaf
Allison Schaaf
33,322 Points

Not sure. Your code looks the same as mine, and it passed:

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})
Dillon Reyna
Dillon Reyna
9,531 Points
Dillon Reyna
Dillon Reyna
9,531 Points

I'm confused on this one.

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

What exactly is 'pk'? I didn't quite understand from the video. Why are we .get-ing the 'pk', and why do we set pk equal to itself? And can someone explain the purpose of context-dicts?