Django reverse lookup rendering the same (wrong) template - python

I have a small resume site that is not rendering a different template upon hitting a reversed URL.
site/scripts/templates/scripts/index.html:
<p>were at main</p>
python
<br/>
bash
These links 'python' and 'bash' work in the URL bar, they take us to localhost:scripts/bash/ and localhost:scripts/python/, but the exact same webpage is displayed (index.html, or localhost:scripts/)
site/scripts/urls.py:
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from scripts import views
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'$', views.index, name='index'),
url(r'python/$', views.access_python, name='python'),
url(r'bash/$', views.access_bash, name='bash'),
)
site/scripts/views.py:
from django.shortcuts import render
def index(request):
return render(request, 'scripts/index.html')
def access_python(request):
return render(request, 'scripts/python.html')
def access_bash(request):
return render(request, 'scripts/bash.html')
site/urls.py (main folder w/ settings.py):
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'scripts/', include('scripts.urls', namespace='scripts')),
)
clicking 'bash' should retrieve:
site/scripts/templates/scripts/bash.html:
<p>we're at bash</p>
Why would a reverse lookup reach the correct URL, but not call the associated view that that URL pattern wants? Thank you

The index regex was catching any possible pattern, since it matched any end of string. I found out by moving the index pattern after the other 2. It should be:
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
url(r'^python/$', views.access_python, name='python'),
url(r'^bash/$', views.access_bash, name='bash'),
)
Any blank index urls (r'^$') need both start and end of string, to match the empty string after the first part of that pattern (in this case, 'scripts/')

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I see 2 problems here:
As #DanielRoseman mentioned above, the regular expression ^ matches anything, so you should change it to ^$.
When you use an include, the rest of the path after what the include matched is passed to the included pattern. You’ll want to use ^$ in your login urls.py too.
You don't terminate the portal index URL, so it matches everything. It should be:
url(r'^$', views.index, name="portal"),
In addition, if the regex is login/$ but you enter http ://server/login, then it won't match wheras http://server/login/ will.
You could try changing the regex to login/*$, which will match any number (even zero) / on the end of the url.
So http: //server/login, http: //server/login/, http: //server/login//// would all match.
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I'm trying to create a site using Django. I have the index view working, however I want to create a simple custom view and map to it but I am unable to. I'm getting a 404 error.
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from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from django.contrib import admin
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emails/urls.py
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from django.contrib import admin
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What am I doing wrong that I can't get that simple message to be displayed in the browser?
To expand on my comment, the first argument to patterns() function is
a prefix to apply to each view function
You can find more information here:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/urls/#syntax-of-the-urlpatterns-variable
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i am new to Django and i have some problem with Django URL dispatcher.
I have "prometfire" project and "homepage" app.
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Django 1.5
Python 2.7
#urls.py in prometfire
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from django.contrib import admin
admin.autodiscover()
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^$', include('homepage.urls')),
url(r'^welcome/', include('homepage.urls')),
url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
)
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from django.http import HttpResponse
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url(r'^welcome/', include('homepage.urls')),
This is explained in the docs on including other url confs
Whenever Django encounters include() (django.conf.urls.include()), it chops off whatever part of the URL matched up to that point and sends the remaining string to the included URLconf for further processing.
In your case, the 'welcome/' is removed from the url, which leaves '', which is matched by the url pattern for the homepage.
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