[Django]-Adding url parameters in template using generic views in Django 1.5

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You should have 2 views, one for the list and another for the details, so when you click on the item link in the list page, it will take you to the details view and template:

news/urls.py

from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
from django.views.generic import DetailView, ListView

from news import views
from news.models import News

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^$',
        ListView.as_view(
            queryset=News.objects.order_by('-post_date'),
            context_object_name='allnews',
            template_name='news/news.html'),
        name='news_index'),

    url(r'^(?P<id>\d+)/$',
        DetailView.as_view(
            model=News,
            context_object_name='item',
            template_name='news/news_item.html'),
        name='news_detail'),
[...]

news/templates/news/news.html

[...]
{% for item in allnews %}
  <h1 class="news"><a href="{% url 'news_detail' item.id %}">{{item.title}}</a></h1>
  [...]
{% endfor %}

news/templates/news/news_item.html

<a href="{% url 'news_index' %}">Back</a>

<h1 class="news">{{item.title}}</h1>
<p>{{ item.body_text }}</p>
👤almalki

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You are using a wrong view for details. You defined news_index is a ListView, you need to implement DetailView. See more for Urls in generic views in django docs.

url(r'^(?P<id>\d+)/$',
        DetailView.as_view(
            model=News,
            template_name='news/detail.html'),
        name='news_detail'),

and then in template

{% for item in allnews %}
  <h1 class="news"><a href="{% url 'news_detail' item.id %}">{{item.title}}</a></h1>
  [...]
{% endfor %}
👤Ahsan

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