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Reverse for 'places' with arguments '('l', 'o', 'n', 'd', 'o', 'n')' and keyword arguments '{}' not found


Django 1.9.6

Could you help me understand what I'm doing wrongly. The program tried: ['places/$']. Well, this is a bit confusing.

/places/ + argument 'london' works. I mean http://localhost:8000/places/london/ works correctly.

I would be greatfull for a kick here. Thank you in advance.

/photoarchive/place/views.py

class PlaceUpdateView(UpdateView):
    model = Place
    fields = ['modern_name', 'since', 'postal_code']
    template_name_suffix = '_update_form'

/photoarchive/photoarchive/urls.py

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^places/create$', login_required(PlaceCreateView.as_view()), name="place_create"),
    url(r'^places/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/edit$', login_required(PlaceUpdateView.as_view()), name="place_edit"),
    url(r'^places/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/$', login_required(PlaceDetailView.as_view()), name="place"),
    url(r'^places/$', login_required(PlaceListView.as_view()), name="places"),
]

/photoarchive/place/templates/place/place_update_form.html

<form action="" method="post">
    {% csrf_token %}
    {{ form.as_p }}
    <input type="submit" value="Save" />
</form>

Traceback

Exception Type: NoReverseMatch at /places/london/edit
Exception Value: Reverse for 'places' with arguments '('l', 'o', 'n', 'd', 'o', 'n')' and keyword arguments '{}' not found. 1 pattern(s) tried: ['places/$']

ADDED LATER (full traceback)

Environment:


Request Method: POST
Request URL: http://localhost:8000/places/london/edit

Django Version: 1.9.6
Python Version: 3.5.1
Installed Applications:
['django.contrib.admin',
 'django.contrib.auth',
 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
 'django.contrib.sessions',
 'django.contrib.messages',
 'django.contrib.staticfiles',
 'registration',
 'homepage',
 'person',
 'general',
 'picture',
 'place']
Installed Middleware:
['django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware']



Traceback:

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response
  149.                     response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response
  147.                     response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/decorators.py" in _wrapped_view
  23.                 return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py" in view
  68.             return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py" in dispatch
  88.         return handler(request, *args, **kwargs)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/edit.py" in post
  279.         return super(BaseUpdateView, self).post(request, *args, **kwargs)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/edit.py" in post
  222.             return self.form_valid(form)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/edit.py" in form_valid
  202.         return super(ModelFormMixin, self).form_valid(form)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/edit.py" in form_valid
  108.         return HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/edit.py" in get_success_url
  190.                 url = self.object.get_absolute_url()

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/db/models/__init__.py" in inner
  43.         return reverse(bits[0], None, *bits[1:3])

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/urlresolvers.py" in reverse
  600.     return force_text(iri_to_uri(resolver._reverse_with_prefix(view, prefix, *args, **kwargs)))

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/urlresolvers.py" in _reverse_with_prefix
  508.                              (lookup_view_s, args, kwargs, len(patterns), patterns))

Exception Type: NoReverseMatch at /places/london/edit
Exception Value: Reverse for 'places' with arguments '('l', 'o', 'n', 'd', 'o', 'n')' and keyword arguments '{}' not found. 1 pattern(s) tried: ['places/$']

ADDED EVEN LATER

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^$', login_required(HomePage.as_view()), name='home'),
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
    url(r'^accounts/logout/$', auth_views.logout, {'next_page': 'auth_login'}, name='auth_logout'),    
    url(r'^accounts/', include('registration.backends.hmac.urls')), # django-registration
    url(r'^people/create/$', login_required(PersonCreateView.as_view()), name="person_create"),
    url(r'^people/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/edit$', login_required(PersonUpdateView.as_view()), name="person_edit"),
    url(r'^people/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/$', login_required(PersonDetailView.as_view()), name="person"),
    url(r'^people/$', login_required(PersonListView.as_view()), name="people"),
    url(r'^search/$', login_required(SearchEngineView.as_view()), name="search"),
    url(r'^places/create$', login_required(PlaceCreateView.as_view()), name="place_create"),
    url(r'^places/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/edit$', login_required(PlaceUpdateView.as_view()), name="place_edit"),
    url(r'^places/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/$', login_required(PlaceDetailView.as_view()), name="place"),
    url(r'^places/$', login_required(PlaceListView.as_view()), name="places"),
]

GET_ABSOLUTE_URL

@models.permalink
def get_absolute_url(self):
    return ('places', self.slug) 

NEW EXCEPTION

Environment:


Request Method: POST
Request URL: http://localhost:8000/places/london/edit

Django Version: 1.9.6
Python Version: 3.5.1
Installed Applications:
['django.contrib.admin',
 'django.contrib.auth',
 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
 'django.contrib.sessions',
 'django.contrib.messages',
 'django.contrib.staticfiles',
 'registration',
 'homepage',
 'person',
 'general',
 'picture',
 'place']
Installed Middleware:
['django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware']



Traceback:

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response
  149.                     response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response
  147.                     response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/decorators.py" in _wrapped_view
  23.                 return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py" in view
  68.             return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py" in dispatch
  88.         return handler(request, *args, **kwargs)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/edit.py" in post
  279.         return super(BaseUpdateView, self).post(request, *args, **kwargs)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/edit.py" in post
  222.             return self.form_valid(form)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/edit.py" in form_valid
  202.         return super(ModelFormMixin, self).form_valid(form)

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/edit.py" in form_valid
  108.         return HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/views/generic/edit.py" in get_success_url
  190.                 url = self.object.get_absolute_url()

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/db/models/__init__.py" in inner
  43.         return reverse(bits[0], None, *bits[1:3])

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/urlresolvers.py" in reverse
  600.     return force_text(iri_to_uri(resolver._reverse_with_prefix(view, prefix, *args, **kwargs)))

File "/home/michael/workspace/venvs/photoarchive/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/core/urlresolvers.py" in _reverse_with_prefix
  508.                              (lookup_view_s, args, kwargs, len(patterns), patterns))

Exception Type: NoReverseMatch at /places/london/edit
Exception Value: Reverse for 'place' with arguments '('l', 'o', 'n', 'd', 'o', 'n')' and keyword arguments '{}' not found. 1 pattern(s) tried: ['places/(?P<slug>[\\w-]+)/$']

Solution

  • I believe your model's get_absolute_url has two issues:

    @models.permalink
    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return ('places', self.slug)
    

    should be

    @models.permalink
    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return ('place', (self.slug,))
    

    EDIT I believe the second member of the tuple is supposed to be an enumerable of arguments.

    EDIT2 FYI, I believe this is preferred over using models.permalink:

    from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
    ...
    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return reverse('place', args=(self.slug,))