Django URLS, how to map root to app?

Question

I am pretty new to django but experienced in Python and java web programming with different frameworks. I have made myself a nice little django app, but I cant seem to make it m

Answer 1

This sounds strange.

Your latest attempt should work, but what I normally do - put

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^$', lambda r: HttpResponseRedirect('myapp/')),
    ...
)

This scales better when you start adding new apps.

Answer 2

I know that this question was asked 2 years ago, but I've faced the same problem and found a solution:

In the project urls.py:

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^', include('my_app.urls')), #NOTE: without $
)

In my_app.urls.py:

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^$', 'my_app.views.home', name='home'),
    url(r'^v1/$', 'my_app.views.v1', name='name_1'),
    url(r'^v2/$', 'my_app.views.v2', name='name_2'),
    url(r'^v3/$', 'my_app.views.v3', name='name_3'),
)

Answer 3

I know the answer is late, but i had my fair share of hunting recently. This is what i tried with CBV.. in Project urls.py

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
    url(r'^$', include('app_name.urls', namespace='app_name')),
]

PS: It is always recommended to use namespace. Gives a good advantage later on.

In App urls.py

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^$', views.IndexPageView.as_view(), name='index'),
]

Answer 4

old question here ... (as much as myself :o)
but still worth of sharing updates for Django 3.x:

In project urls.py just add:

urlpatterns = [
    path('', include('myapp.urls')), 
    path('myapp/', include('myapp.urls')),
    #path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
]

Be aware that this solution will monopolize the whole django to your hungry&selfish app :-) !!!

Answer 5

As I didn't see any answer for django 2.0 I thought I'll provide one. you have to use '' as the root url. Here is an example from django 2.0 docs

urlpatterns = [
    path('', main_views.homepage),
    path('help/', include('apps.help.urls')),
    path('credit/', include(extra_patterns)),
]

Answer 6

Just put an empty raw regular expression: r''

I tested here and it worked perfectly.

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'', include('homepage.urls')),
    url(r'^homepage/', include('homepage.urls')),
    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
)

Hope it help!