Does not get the url from reverse with DRF DefaultRouter

Question

I am trying to get the urls for writing the tests using the reverse function. But I'm getting the error

Errors :- Reverse for 'notes' not found. 'notes' is not a valid view function or pattern name.

urls.py file

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include
from core import views
from rest_framework.routers import DefaultRouter

router = DefaultRouter()

router.register("notes",views.NoteModelViewSet)

urlpatterns = [
    path("",include(router.urls)),
]

and test.py file

def test_get_all_notes_path(self):
        url = reverse('notes')
        response = self.client.get(url)
        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)

I'm getting error for line url = reverse('notes') that I have mentioned above. My Model and routes everything working fine. Only I'm not get the url in reverse funtion.

Answer 1

whether you set basename or not you can do reverse with url-path-or-basename-list

url = reverse('notes-list')

set the basename for your router as an option

router.register("notes",views.NoteModelViewSet, basename='notes')

because basename will create routes with the default name

The example above would generate the following URL patterns:

URL pattern: ^notes/$ Name: 'notes-list'
URL pattern: ^notes/{pk}/$ Name: 'notes-detail'