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Python Django REST Framework Make the REST Framework Work for You Viewsets and Routers

Jianan Li
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When quotation marks in 'include'?

When adding url to urlpatterns, and using include, when should we have quotation marks around the reference to urls, and when should not? Example:

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^api/v1/courses/', include('courses.urls')),
    url(r'^api/v2/', include(router.urls))
]

I kind of see why one gets quotations, and one does not, since courses is in another module, while router is defined in this same file. But, can someone explain what's the rule and why?

1 Answer

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

I think you state it correctly. When the include uses quotes, the actual urls are to be looked up in a different module. Without the quotes, it is interpreted as a python object. In this case the router object has a urls attribute that contains the relevant urls to use.

This is similar to how the quoted 'name' is just a string of four characters but without quotes name is a variable that is looked up in the current namespace for its object reference.