Re: urls.py and default values...

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Tomas Ehrlich <tomas.ehrlich@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> you need to make 'year' argument optional:
>
> def student_reports(request, year=None):
> year = year or datetime.date.today().year
> ...

Perfect - thanks



>
> Another option could be passing extra option to you view function:
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/http/urls/#passing-extra-options-to-view-functions
>
>
> Cheers,
> Tom
>
> Dne Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:24:51 +1200
> Lachlan Musicman <datakid@gmail.com> napsal(a):
>
>> Hola,
>>
>> I have data across multiple years.
>>
>> I want to run reports on a per year basis, so I have in my urls:
>> url(r'^students/reports/(?P<year>\d{4})/$', student_reports,
>> name='student_reports'),
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> What I want to know though, is how to have this in the urls:
>> url(r'^students/reports/$', student_reports, name='student_reports'),
>>
>> defaulting to the year it's run. (ie, year = datetime.date.today().year)
>>
>> I thought about passing extra options, but it feels like overkill?
>>
>> I have in my views.py:
>>
>> def student_reports(request, year):
>> if not year:
>> year = datetime.date.today().year
>> yada yada
>>
>>
>> but this is failing on not enough arguments...
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> L.
>>
>>
> z`
>
>
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>
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