Question

I want to make the arguments i pass through the urls as optional.

 url(r'^dashboard/forms/(\w+)|/create/$','dashboard_message_create'),
 url(r'^dashboard/forms/(\w+)/delete/$', 'delete'),

The problem with using “|” is that django cannot distinguish between the above 2 urls.
I am new to django . So any pointers in this direction will be very useful. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can try associating both with the same view

url(r'^dashboard/forms/create/$','dashboard_message_create'),
url(r'^dashboard/forms/(\w+)/create/$','dashboard_message_create'),

Then, make sure dashboard_message_create works without the argument

def dashboard_message_create(request, name=None):
    # Body