ALLOWED_HOSTS configuration in Django - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to allow all hosts in Django settings.

Django

ALLOWED_HOSTS = [[1]]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A"*"

B"localhost"

C"127.0.0.1"

D"example.com"

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a single hostname like 'localhost' limits access to that host only.

Leaving ALLOWED_HOSTS empty causes Django to reject all requests.

Using "*" in ALLOWED_HOSTS allows Django to accept requests from any host.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to allow only localhost and example.com hosts.

Django

ALLOWED_HOSTS = [[1]]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A"example.org"

B"*"

C"127.0.0.1"

D"localhost", "example.com"

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a single string without commas causes a syntax error.

Using '*' allows all hosts, which is not restrictive.

Listing hostnames as strings in ALLOWED_HOSTS restricts access to those hosts only.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in ALLOWED_HOSTS to allow only 127.0.0.1.

Django

ALLOWED_HOSTS = [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A["127.0.0.1"]

B"127.0.0.1"

C127.0.0.1

D['127.0.0.1']

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a plain string without list brackets causes errors.

Using unquoted IP address is invalid syntax.

ALLOWED_HOSTS must be a list of strings. Using ["127.0.0.1"] is correct syntax.

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hard

Fill both blanks to allow localhost and a custom domain in ALLOWED_HOSTS.

Django

ALLOWED_HOSTS = [[1], [2]]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A"localhost"

B"example.com"

C"127.0.0.1"

D"mydomain.org"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using IP address and hostname inconsistently.

Forgetting quotes around hostnames.

ALLOWED_HOSTS list includes all allowed hostnames as strings.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to allow localhost, 127.0.0.1, and a custom domain.

Django

ALLOWED_HOSTS = [[1], [2], [3]]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A"localhost"

B"127.0.0.1"

C"customdomain.com"

D"example.org"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Leaving out quotes around hostnames or IP addresses.

Using incorrect domain names not intended to be allowed.

ALLOWED_HOSTS list should include all allowed hosts as strings in a list.