Django URLs - Named URLS, url template-tag, Reversing URLs, URL namespaces, & get_absolute_url()

In this video we'll dive into some core URL-related concepts in Django. We'll see how to give our URLs names that can then be used in other Django utilities.

We'll see how to use these with the "url" template-tag to generate links in our Django templates, and with the reverse() function for building URLs in our Python code.

We'll also see how to namespace URLs in applications within our Django project, and how to refer to these namespaced URLs with the above tools.

Finally, we'll demonstrate use of the get_absolute_url() function in Django - a model method that should return the canonical URL for an object in your database.

BONUS: we'll see the django-extensions "show_urls" command to get command-line information on the URLs in use in our project (including third-party URLs).

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00:00 Intro
01:25 Adding Navbar with hard-coded links
05:08 Generating links with the URL template-tag
06:23 Adding Booklist with dynamic URL parameter
09:41 Using named URLs with the reverse() function
13:55 Namespacing URLs in Django
19:39 get_absolute_url() Model Function
23:05 django-extensions show_urls command

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[Man-sixf]

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[ghostrpg]

Very informative, thank you. Your videos are very detailed and precise just like official docs. Looking forward to learn more django stuff from the channel.

[jordib.]

Very good and clear way of explaining those concepts, thank you for the video !

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[peterholzer]

Great, please continue with this type of lessons, short but very pedagogical.

[mrvalvet]

Brilliantly explained, thank you! I'm going to watch all of your videos now :)

[MagnusAnand]

Fantastic video as usual.
One question: do you ever use the namespace in the include function? In which case?

Thanks.

[sambhrammathad]

Everything is good. But is there anything in django by which we can protect our urls.
Like for example: if the user changes the url from pk 7 to pk 8, then he should not get the info about the book with pk 8.

[kodeypatterson]

I really struggle with naming things. I’m sure everyone has returned to a project months after finishing and then have to decipher what you were thinking when you named something 🤦🏻