How to pass one part of url string to variable in view

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I dont know how to pass one part of my url address(date) to variable in view. The url address looks almost like: xxxx/user/date e.g. www.dat/kowalski/20160101 and I would like to pass the date 20160101 to variable in views. How to do it? I am new in python and Django.

I created url pattern in urls.py file:

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    .....
    url(r'^tmp/(?P<username>[a-z0-9]+)/(\d{8})/$', views.DateStats.as_view(), name='datestats'),)

and very basic views but what should I do to save date to variable??

Daniel Roseman · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-05 15:49:24Z

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You do the same as you do with the username: give the capturing group a name.

r'^tmp/(?P<username>[a-z0-9]+)/(?P<date>\d{8})/$'

answered Apr 5, 2016 at 15:49

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user1654358 Over a year ago

I don't understand. Give me part of code to save the date into variable in views.py

user1654358 Over a year ago

This is part of code in urls.py file but I have to use and pass date in views.py file. I got there simply function. How to use <date> in views.py ?

Daniel Roseman Over a year ago

I can't really see what you're not understanding here. Do you have a view? What parameters does it take now? Have you done the tutorial, where all this is fully explained?

user1654358 Over a year ago

Yes, I have the view. It takes def get(self, request, username):

Shang Wang · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-05 16:28:30Z

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If you want to get url parameters in the views:

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.views.generic import View

class DateStats(View):
    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        date = self.kwargs.get('date')
        # do something with date

answered Apr 5, 2016 at 16:28

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