Django, name parameter in urlpatterns

Question

I\'m following a tutorial where my urlpatterns are:

urlpatterns = patterns(\'\',
    url(r\'^passwords/$\', PasswordListView.as_view(), name=\'passwords_api_         


        

Answer 1

No. It is just that django gives you the option to name your views in case you need to refer to them from your code, or your templates. This is useful and good practice because you avoid hardcoding urls on your code or inside your templates. Even if you change the actual url, you don't have to change anything else, since you will refer to them by name.

e.x with views:

from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse #this is deprecated in django 2.0+
from django.urls import reverse #use this for django 2.0+

def myview(request):
    passwords_url = reverse('passwords_api_root')  # this returns the string `/passwords/`
    return HttpResponseRedirect(passwords_url)

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e.x. in templates

<p>Please go <a href="{% url 'passwords_api_root' %}">here</a></p>

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