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Slug returns Reverse for 'view-Question' with arguments '('',)' not found. 1 pattern(s) tried


I'm Using pk in my urls but i change it to slug. But every time i added a new question in my Question model the page throws me an error like this: Reverse for 'view-Question' with arguments '('',)' not found. 1 pattern(s) tried: ['view/(?P[-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\Z'] but when i go to the admin and add some text in to the slug field the error is gone and i can be able to see my content in the viewQuestion template and home template. but when I also added a new one the error still appear in my home template. How can i solve this error without adding some text into the slug Field, and gives me the slug url please.

class Question(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=False, null=False)
    body = RichTextField(blank=False, null=False) 
    category = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=False, null=False)
    slug = models.SlugField(unique=True, max_length=50)

    def __str__(self):
        return str(self.title)

def viewQuestion(request, slug):
    question = get_object_or_404(Question, slug=slug)
    answers = Answer.objects.filter(post_id=question)
    context = {'question':question, 'answers':answers}
    return render(request, 'viewQuestion.html', context)

class My_Question(LoginRequiredMixin, CreateView):
    model = Question
    fields = ['title', 'body', 'category']
    template_name = 'question.html'
    success_url = reverse_lazy('index')

    def form_valid(self, form):
        form.instance.user = self.request.user
        return super (My_Question, self).form_valid(form)

my urls

path('view/<slug:slug>/', views.viewQuestion, name='view-Question'),

my home template:

    <div class="container">
    <div class="row justify-content-center">
        {% for question in list_of_question reversed %}
        <div class="col-md-4">
            <div class="card my-3">
                <div class="card-header">
                <p class="card-title">{{question.user.username.upper}}</p>
                </div>
                <div class="card-body">
                    <a href="{% url 'view-Question' question.slug %}" style="text-decoration: none;">
                        <p class="card-title">{{question.title}}</p>
                    </a>
                    <h5>{{question.category}}</h5>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        {%endfor%}
    </div>
</div>

Solution

  • I solved my problem by adding save function with slugify in the models and assigned slugify to my title field.

    from django.utils.text import slugify
    
    class Question(models.Model):
        user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
        title = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=False, null=False)
        body = RichTextField(blank=False, null=False) 
        category = models.ForeignKey(Category, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
        slug = models.SlugField(unique=True, max_length=200)
    
        def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
            self.slug = slugify(self.title)
            super(Question, self).save(*args, **kwargs)