URL parameter type converters in Django - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to capture an integer parameter named 'year' in the URL pattern.

Django

path('archive/<[1]:year>/', views.archive, name='archive')

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Astr

Buuid

Cint

Dslug

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Common Mistakes

Using 'str' instead of 'int' which captures any string, not just numbers.

Using 'slug' which matches letters, numbers, underscores or hyphens.

The int converter captures integer values from the URL and passes them as integers to the view.

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medium

Complete the code to capture a slug parameter named 'post_slug' in the URL pattern.

Django

path('post/<[1]:post_slug>/', views.post_detail, name='post_detail')

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Aslug

Bint

Cuuid

Dstr

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'int' which only matches numbers.

Using 'uuid' which expects a UUID format.

The slug converter matches letters, numbers, underscores, or hyphens, suitable for slugs.

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hard

Fix the error in the URL pattern to correctly capture a UUID parameter named 'user_id'.

Django

path('user/<[1]:user_id>/', views.user_profile, name='user_profile')

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Auuid

Bstr

Cslug

Dint

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'str' which matches any string but does not validate UUID format.

Using 'int' which only matches numbers.

The uuid converter matches UUID strings and converts them to UUID objects.

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hard

Fill both blanks to capture a string parameter 'username' and an integer parameter 'page' in the URL pattern.

Django

path('profile/<[1]:username>/page/<[2]:page>/', views.profile_page, name='profile_page')

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Astr

Bint

Cslug

Duuid

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'slug' for username which may exclude some characters.

Using 'str' for page which should be an integer.

The str converter captures any non-empty string for 'username', and int captures an integer for 'page'.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a URL pattern capturing a slug 'category', an integer 'year', and a UUID 'item_id'.

Django

path('shop/<[1]:category>/<[2]:year>/<[3]:item_id>/', views.shop_item, name='shop_item')

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Aslug

Bint

Cuuid

Dstr

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up converters like using 'str' for year or 'int' for UUID.

Using 'slug' for year which expects numbers.

The slug converter captures the category text, int captures the year as a number, and uuid captures the item ID in UUID format.