How to pass variables with spaces through URL to: Django

Question

I am having problems passing variables with spaces to them through URLs. Now suppose I have an object

class Kiosks(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length = 200, unique = True) owner = models.ForeignKey(User) 

Now the "name" entered for the kiosk is called "Akash Deshpande" and saved. Now, going to a new page in the views, I use the "kiosk name", that is.

  messages.success(request,"Kiosk edited successfully") return HttpResponseRedirect('/kiosks/'+kiosk.name+'/') 

The view that satisfies this URL is as follows:

 def dashboard(request, kiosk_name): kiosk =Kiosks.objects.get(name__iexact = kiosk_name) deal_form = DealsForm(kiosk=kiosk) code_form = CodeForm() unverified_transactions = get_unverified_transactions(kiosk) return render(request,'kiosks/dashboard.html',{'kiosk':kiosk, 'deal_form' : deal_form, 'code_form' : code_form, 'unverified_transactions' : unverified_transactions}) 

The main urls.py just directs everything with the help of "kiosks" to pick up urls.py kiosks

 urlpatterns = patterns('kiosks.views',url(r'^(\w+)/$', 'dashboard'),) 

Now, instead of going to this page, the message "Page not found" is displayed. How to pass variables that have space? Is the question clear? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Allow spaces in regex.

 urlpatterns = patterns('kiosks.views', url(r'^([\w ]+)/$', 'dashboard'),) 

And for love of Pete, use reverse() . This will help you catch stupid mistakes like this.

Answer 2

yup .. allow spaces in your regex .. something like this works for me ..

 url(r'^find-interiordesigners/state-(?P<state>.+?)/$',DesignersByCategoryCityState.as_view(),name='findInterior-state'),