Django Generic Views Usage

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I just imported generic views successfully and here comes the problem when I want to use them in views the server just gives an error directed to "." (period) in generic.ListView...

Here is the code I am currently working on.

def IndexView(generic.ListView):
    template_name = 'polls/index.html'
    context_object_name = 'question_list'
    def get_queryset(self):
        return Question.objects.order_by('-published_date')[:5]

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 23 '17 at 14:50

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It was very idiotic error. I just was defining traditional views with "def" i.e functions while generic views takes a view (__.as_view()) if that is a class. So by just replacing the def with class I successfully evaded the Error

answered Jul 23 '17 at 14:50

Muhammad Hassaan Bin Tanveer

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '17 at 15:12

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You have defined your view with def, change it to class,

class IndexView(generic.ListView):

Generic views are classes, which needs to be inherited.

answered Jul 23 '17 at 15:12

zaidfazil

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Django Generic Views Usage

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