Django: TemplateSyntaxError: Could not parse the remainder

Question

I am getting this issue when I type localhost:8000/admin/.

`TemplateSyntaxError: Could not parse the remainder: ':password_change' from 'admin:password_change'. The syntax of 'url' changed in Django 1.5, see the docs.

Here's part of my settings.py:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'grappelli',
    'filebrowser',
    # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
     'django.contrib.admin',
    # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
    #'django.contrib.admindocs',
     'tinymce',
     'sorl.thumbnail',
     'south',
     'django_facebook',
     'djcelery',
     'devserver',
     'main',
)
AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'django_facebook.FacebookCustomUser'

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
    'django_facebook.auth_backends.FacebookBackend', 
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
    # Uncomment the following to make Django tests pass:
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
)

Did I do anything wrong?

PS: This is my full traceback https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e8c1359d384df7a6b405

EDIT:

I am pasting the output of grep as per request:

$ ack-grep --type=python -r ':password_change' .
lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
264:url = reverse('admin:password_change_done', current_app=self.name)

lib/python2.7/site-packages/grappelli/dashboard/dashboards.py
147:reverse('%s:password_change' % site_name)],

$ ack-grep --type=html -r ':password_change' .
lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html
36:<a href="{% url 'admin:password_change' %}">{% trans 'Change password' %}</a> /

lib/python2.7/site-packages/grappelli/templates/admin/includes_grappelli/header.html
12:{% url admin:password_change as password_change_url %}

can you do a folder wide search for `:password_change` and show the template which has the code ? — karthikr, Oct 17 '13 at 14:03
I just had this problem because the template had code like `{% if thing in ['literal', 'list', 'of', 'elements'] %}`, which works in jinja but doesn't with Django templates. — Elias Dorneles, Mar 09 '18 at 17:22
it also happens when you wrote `{{ url ..` instead of `{% url ..` — Sławomir Lenart, Oct 26 '21 at 12:26

Garry Cairns · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-17T16:20:49.850

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This error usually means you've forgotten a closing quote somewhere in the template you're trying to render. For example: {% url 'my_view %} (wrong) instead of {% url 'my_view' %} (correct). In this case it's the colon that's causing the problem. Normally you'd edit the template to use the correct {% url %} syntax.

But there's no reason why the django admin site would throw this, since it would know it's own syntax. My best guess is therefore that grapelli is causing your problem since it changes the admin templates. Does removing grappelli from installed apps help?

edited Oct 17 '13 at 16:20

answered Oct 17 '13 at 16:08

Garry Cairns

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Thanks, I just did a grep in my virtualevn and it seems that `grapelli` has to do something with it. Is it fixable? – xpanta Oct 18 '13 at 04:56
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Ok, I changed `{% url admin:password_change as password_change_url %}` to `{% url 'admin:password_change' as password_change_url %}` (added the single quotes) and it seems to work. Single quotes need to be added to other places, too. The file that needs to be changed is this: `lib/python2.7/site-packages/grappelli/templates/admin/includes_grappelli/header.html`. – xpanta Oct 18 '13 at 05:34
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I would like to add that I got this error when use `{{}}` when I should have been using `{%%}` – Clint Nov 28 '17 at 20:22

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 05 '21 at 18:27

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For me it was using {{ }} instead of {% %}:

href="{{ static 'bootstrap.min.css' }}"  # wrong
href="{% static 'bootstrap.min.css' %}"  # right

answered Feb 05 '21 at 18:27

ReemRashwan

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Using {{% %}} also gives this error. – Andrew Kelley Mar 06 '23 at 16:42

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited May 08 '20 at 01:31

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There should not be a space after name.

Incorrect:

{% url 'author' name = p.article_author.name.username %}

Correct:

{% url 'author' name=p.article_author.name.username %}

edited May 08 '20 at 01:31

Jeremy Caney

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answered May 07 '20 at 20:15

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Tms91 · Answer 4 · 2021-02-15T08:15:15.607

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In templates/admin/includes_grappelli/header.html, line 12, you forgot to put admin:password_change between '.

The url Django tag syntax should always be like:

{% url 'your_url_name' %}

edited Feb 15 '21 at 08:15

answered Apr 12 '20 at 11:33

Tms91

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 16 '19 at 16:38

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also happens when you use jinja templates (which have different syntax for calling object methods) and you forget to set it in settings.py

answered Dec 16 '19 at 16:38

Michel Samia

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{% csrf_token %} Can you find the error in this code.Pizzacart is a list containing details related to pizzas and pizza represents each of them. – Irfan wani Aug 09 '20 at 04:01

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 11 '20 at 06:11

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Template Syntax Error: is due to many reasons one of them is {{ post.date_posted|date: "F d, Y" }} is the space between colon(:) and quote (") if u remove the space then it work like this ..... {{ post.date_posted|date:"F d, Y" }}

answered Feb 11 '20 at 06:11

Ziar Khan

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This doesn't seem to be the cause of the syntax error in this question, based on the error message. – kaya3 Feb 11 '20 at 06:45

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 08 '20 at 16:13

You have indented part of your code in settings.py:

# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
     'django.contrib.admin',
    # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
    #'django.contrib.admindocs',
     'tinymce',
     'sorl.thumbnail',
     'south',
     'django_facebook',
     'djcelery',
     'devserver',
     'main',

Therefore, it is giving you an error.

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 30 '22 at 13:42

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for me, when I checked if condition: This made error: {%if number==10 %} This solved error: {% if number == 10 %} #you may notice about space!

answered Sep 30 '22 at 13:42

De Zin Htang

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 10 '21 at 05:26

Make sure you are using static files and URLs properly

<link href="{% static 'css/semantic.min.css' %}" rel="stylesheet">

Check it is properly surrounded with quotation marks or not
Check beginning and ending brackets
Check tag is closed properly or not

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Aug 01 '23 at 01:40

I got the same error below:

django.template.exceptions.TemplateSyntaxError: Could not parse the remainder: ':test' from 'my_app1:test'

Because I didn't use quotes for my_app1:test with url tag as shown below. *Since Django 1.5, quotes have been needed:

<a href="{% url my_app1:test %}">Test</a>
            {% ↑ No quotes  ↑ %}

So, I used quotes for my_app1:test with url tag as shown below, then the error was solved:

<a href="{% url 'my_app1:test' %}">Test</a>
             {% ↑   quotes   ↑ %}

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