URL

This url, http://localhost:8000/time/, is defined in urls.py as follows:

from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
from mysite.views import my_view

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^time/$', my_view),
)

r
A python raw string. This allows regular expressions to be written without overly

verbose escaping.

You should exclude the expected slash at the beginning of the expression in order to match /time/. Django automatically puts a slash before every expression.

^

…require that the pattern matches the start of the string.

$

…require that the pattern matches the end of the string.

Note: See (My) Coding Standards, URL for the preferred way of using url.

Redirect

  • Response.

  • Sample code for a simple re-direct can be found here ../applications/satchmo/url.

Reverse

Template Tags

from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse

def myview(request):
    return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('arch-summary', args=[1945]))

Note

  • The string returned by reverse() is already urlquoted. For example:

    >>> reverse('cities', args=[u'Orléans'])
'.../Orl%C3%A9ans/'

  • URLs are not only reversed using the name. The view name can be used instead (leading to much confusion in my case)!

Reversing admin URLs

>>> reverse('admin:app_list', kwargs={'app_label': 'auth'})
'/admin/auth/'

>>> reverse('admin:index')
'/admin/'