Django URL Regex Exact Match Only (Basic Regex) [duplicate]

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I am new to django and trying to build my first API.

The url structure is as follows but the problem is:

when the first part of the URL matches, it calls that one.

Ex. If I call 'welcome/example' it matches with welcome and doesn't make it to the actual welcome/example...

from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.contrib import admin


urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^login/', include('shopify_app.urls')),
    url(r'^', include('home.urls'), name='root_path'),
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
    url(r'^welcome/', views.welcome), 
    url(r'^welcome/example', views.create_example), #regex not working
]

your comment is wrong #regex not working, Here only regex cause you to not have your desired output. Its just matches with your first welcome url i.e. url start with string welcome, thats it , it matches and reditects to view — Sanket
– Sanket, Commented Oct 31, 2017 at 6:22

Exprator · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-31 05:51:40Z

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its better to use $ for exact match, so use this instead

url(r'^welcome/$', views.welcome), 
url(r'^welcome/example/$', views.create_example)

then go to /welcome/ and /welcome/example/

answered Oct 31, 2017 at 5:51

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Md. Abu Nafee Ibna Zahid · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-23 05:23:33Z

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Yes its better to use $ for exact match as answer given by @Exprator, if you don't want that, then you can shuffle your url's order as

url(r'^welcome/example', views.create_example)
url(r'^welcome/', views.welcome)

Its a good practice to include main URL at the end after sub urls, then you don't fall in this kind of issues

edited Jan 23, 2019 at 5:23

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answered Oct 31, 2017 at 6:19

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