Dynamic URL routing for a class-based view

Question

I want to turn a function view into a class-based view.

Here is the View & URL path that I have right now.

View:

def customer(request, pk):
    customer = Customer.objects.get(id=pk)
    return render(request, 'accounts/customer.html)

URL Path:

path('customer/<str:pk>/, views.customer, name='customer')

What would the proper syntax be to turn this view into a class-based view. I am mainly curious about how to access the primary key here using a class-based view.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use Detail View.

in your views.py

from django.views.generic.detail import DetailView
from .models import Customer

class CustomerDetails(DetailView):
    model = Customer 
    template_name = 'customerdetail.html'   #deafaults to customer_detail.html

in urls.py

path('customer/<int:pk>', views.CustomerDetails.as_view(), name='customer')

the context that will be passed to customerdetail.html template will have the default name 'object'. access the fields of customer instance by {{object.<field_name>}}. You can override the attributes and methods of DetailView.

for moreinfo : DetailView