URL parameters with GET request in django

Question

guys. I'm passing parameters via GET requests to my view. But it seems that django is not properly handling my URL.

With parameters longer than one char, it works, but if I use a single char, I get Page not found (404) error.

Example:

Works: http://localhost:8000/my_url/test

Not found: http://localhost:8000/my_url/t

urls.py code fragment:

url(r'^my_url/(?P<username>\w.+)/$', views.my_url, name='my_url'),

Is there any django restriction to the length of parameters passed via GET? Thanks a lot in advance!

try to remove dot from regex string r'^my_url/(?P<username>\w+)/$' — devxplorer
– devxplorer, Commented Oct 13, 2016 at 17:15
@Wonder, Thanks! Now it works. But how could I also accept dots in the regular expression? — revy
– revy, Commented Oct 13, 2016 at 17:17
It seems to work with : r'^my_url/(?P<username>[-\w.]+)/$'. Is it right? Anyway, could you post your solution so I can accept it? — revy
– revy, Commented Oct 13, 2016 at 17:23
try to use characted classes. To allow all alphanumeric characters plus _, . and - replace \w+ with [A-Za-z0-9_.-]+. UPD: yeah, looks like it should work too — devxplorer
– devxplorer, Commented Oct 13, 2016 at 17:23

devxplorer · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-13 17:26:08Z

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Remove dot from regex string r'^my_url/(?P<username>\w+)/$'

answered Oct 13, 2016 at 17:26

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