I'm new to the Django Framework and one thing bothers me.
I want a simple Rest Call:
www.abc.com/users/1/cantonments/1/
If i use 'pk' in the url pattern everything works out of the box (pk, pk1, pk2....). But i have some permission functionality which expects the parameters in kwargs in the form 'upk' and 'cpk' for user and cantonment. So if i change pk to upk everything breaks. Somehow the url needs ONE pk.
This works:
url(r'^users/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/cantonments/(?P<cpk>[0-9]+)/$',
views.CantonmentDetail.as_view()),
This doesnt:
url(r'^users/(?P<upk>[0-9]+)/cantonments/(?P<cpk>[0-9]+)/$',
views.CantonmentDetail.as_view()),
Is there any way to have an url pattern that does not need one entry with pk?
P.S. The error:
Expected view CantonmentDetail to be called with a URL keyword argument named "pk". Fix your URL conf, or set the `.lookup_field` attribute on the view correctly.
EDIT:
My view is simple:
# Authenticated User can show Cantonment Detail
class CantonmentDetail(generics.RetrieveAPIView):
serializer_class = serializers.CantonmentSerializer
permission_classes = [permissions.IsAuthenticated]
def get_queryset(self):
return Cantonment.objects.filter(pk=self.kwargs['cpk'])
Edit2:
I changed get_queryset to get object and it works.
def get_object(self):
queryset = self.filter_queryset(self.get_queryset())
obj = queryset.get(pk=self.kwargs['cpk'])
return obj
Edit3: Using
lookup_url_kwarg = "cpk"
in the class works as well.
The upk doesn't make any difference to the lookup (because a primary key identifies a single object by design).
So for the view, the lookup_field needs to be set to 'cpk' and everything works.
Did you changed your view with the new names of the variables? If you have url like this:
You shouls update your view like this:
May be in your view you are accessing pk variable
urls.py
views.py
Hope this is helps you
You can send optional pk using get method with your url like
and url should be
and views.py