From 73e8e811416dcb5007ad9cc9d1632aaca95bf302 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chiara Mezzavilla <2512470+samurang87@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:31:26 +0200 Subject: Relocated path() explanation to docs/ref/urls.txt to simplify tutorial 1. Co-authored-by: Natalia <124304+nessita@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/intro/tutorial01.txt | 41 ++--------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/intro/tutorial01.txt') diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial01.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial01.txt index 3f89220949..d45fa6bcb6 100644 --- a/docs/intro/tutorial01.txt +++ b/docs/intro/tutorial01.txt @@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ include the URLconf defined in ``polls.urls``. To do this, add an import for path("admin/", admin.site.urls), ] +The :func:`~django.urls.path` function expects at least two arguments: +``route`` and ``view``. The :func:`~django.urls.include` function allows referencing other URLconfs. Whenever Django encounters :func:`~django.urls.include`, it chops off whatever part of the URL matched up to that point and sends the remaining string to the @@ -307,45 +309,6 @@ text "*Hello, world. You're at the polls index.*", which you defined in the If you get an error page here, check that you're going to http://localhost:8000/polls/ and not http://localhost:8000/. -The :func:`~django.urls.path` function is passed four arguments, two required: -``route`` and ``view``, and two optional: ``kwargs``, and ``name``. -At this point, it's worth reviewing what these arguments are for. - -:func:`~django.urls.path` argument: ``route`` ---------------------------------------------- - -``route`` is a string that contains a URL pattern. When processing a request, -Django starts at the first pattern in ``urlpatterns`` and makes its way down -the list, comparing the requested URL against each pattern until it finds one -that matches. - -Patterns don't search GET and POST parameters, or the domain name. For example, -in a request to ``https://www.example.com/myapp/``, the URLconf will look for -``myapp/``. In a request to ``https://www.example.com/myapp/?page=3``, the -URLconf will also look for ``myapp/``. - -:func:`~django.urls.path` argument: ``view`` --------------------------------------------- - -When Django finds a matching pattern, it calls the specified view function with -an :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` object as the first argument and any -"captured" values from the route as keyword arguments. We'll give an example -of this in a bit. - -:func:`~django.urls.path` argument: ``kwargs`` ----------------------------------------------- - -Arbitrary keyword arguments can be passed in a dictionary to the target view. We -aren't going to use this feature of Django in the tutorial. - -:func:`~django.urls.path` argument: ``name`` --------------------------------------------- - -Naming your URL lets you refer to it unambiguously from elsewhere in Django, -especially from within templates. This powerful feature allows you to make -global changes to the URL patterns of your project while only touching a single -file. - When you're comfortable with the basic request and response flow, read :doc:`part 2 of this tutorial ` to start working with the database. -- cgit v1.3