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Tung Nguyen
Tung Nguyen

Reputation: 149

what does {variable_name} in an url pattern mean in Django?

I'm reading Django Rest Framework documentation on router (https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/routers/) and encounter this: 

^accounts/{pk}/$

I understand ^ means start of line, $ means end of line and everything but {pk}. What does it mean?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 48

Answers (1)

HuLu ViCa
HuLu ViCa

Reputation: 5452

It means that an url pattern that includes a primary key, si valid. In the case of the documentation you are consulting, it means that the following url pattern is valid: accounts/121/. What SimpleRouter will do with it, is that urls that contain a primary key ({pk}), will be used to update or delete the accounts record with such primary key. In the example, account with primary key '121' would be retrieved, updated or deleted through such url.

This "variable_name" is received as a parameter by the view method or class method.

Upvotes: 1

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