What are some examples of routing in Django?

What are some examples of routing in Django?

Django routing is managed through URLconf. You define URL patterns in your urls.py file. For example, you can map a URL to a view like this:

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('home/', views.home, name='home'),
    path('about/', views.about, name='about'),
]

This maps the /home/ URL to the home view and /about/ to the about view.

Can you give me a more complex example?

Sure! Here's a more complex example using path converters:

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('article/<int:id>/', views.article_detail, name='article_detail'),
    path('category/<str:name>/', views.category_view, name='category_view'),
]

In this case, <int:id> captures an integer from the URL and passes it to the article_detail view, while <str:name> captures a string for the category_view.

What if I want to include a default route?

You can include a default route by adding a catch-all pattern at the end of your urlpatterns list. For example:

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.home, name='home'),
    path('about/', views.about, name='about'),
    path('<path:resource>/', views.default_view, name='default_view'),
]

This will direct any unmatched URL to the default_view.