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Dylan
Dylan

Reputation: 81

Replacing dots in URL for Django

I am creating a web application where I need IP addresses to be a URL parameter in Django. However, I want to remove the dots as they aren't valid to use in a URL. Maybe replace them with dashes? Is there any good way of doing this?

Here is my model:

models.py

class Machine(models.Model):
    ip = models.CharField(max_length=15, unique=True) #255.255.255.255
    name = models.CharField(max_length=16, default="") #SSH-Server
    number_of_threats = models.IntegerField(default=0)

Here is my view:

def machine(request, ip):
    print machine_ip
    ip = Machine.objects.get(ip=ip)
    context_dict['machine_ip'] = machine_ip
    return render(request, 'topology/machine.html', context_dict)

The format I have now is: /machine/192.168.1.1 The format I a want to have is: /machine/192-168-1-1 (or similar)

I looked at Slugify as it is does a similar function, but it doesn't look like it will do the same with dots.

Any suggestions on a good way of doing this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 497

Answers (1)

jatinkumar patel
jatinkumar patel

Reputation: 2990

def machine(request, ip):
    print machine_ip
    ip = Machine.objects.get(ip=ip)
    context_dict['machine_ip'] = machine_ip.replace('.', '-')
    return render(request, 'topology/machine.html', context_dict)

and in urls.py make parameter ip 

(?P<ip>.*)

Upvotes: 2

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