Adding paths in Django to create more views

Question

I am following the tutorial on the Django website. I try and replicate this:

My code is as follows:

views.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.shortcuts import render

# Create your views here.
from django.http import HttpResponse


def index(request):
    return HttpResponse("Hello, world. You're at the polls index.")

def detail(request, film_id):
    return HttpResponse("You're looking at film %s." % film_id)

def results(request, film_id):
    response = "You're looking at the results of film %s."
    return HttpResponse(response % question_id)

def vote(request, film_id):
    return HttpResponse("You're commenting on film %s." % film_id)

films/urls.py

from django.conf.urls import url
from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    # url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
    # ex: /polls/
    path('', views.index, name='index'),
    # ex: /films/5/
    path('<int:film_id>/', views.detail, name='detail'),
    # ex: /films/5/results/
    path('<int:film_id>/results/', views.results, name='results'),
    # ex: /films/5/vote/
    path('<int:film_id>/vote/', views.vote, name='vote'),
]

With this I am getting ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED. If I comment out all the paths leaving only the index url, and also comment out from django.urls import path a page displays, but that is where I was at before trying to add more views.

Are you running the server with `DEBUG = True` or `DEBUG = False`? You can check that in your `settings.py`. — Lomtrur, Jan 25 '18 at 13:02
That error does not have anything to do with the paths; if those were wrong you would get a 404 error. In this case it sounds like you just don't have the server running. — Daniel Roseman, Jan 25 '18 at 13:07
Seconding what Daniel said, are you sure the server is running? How do you start it? It should be similar to `python manage.py runserver`. — Lomtrur, Jan 25 '18 at 13:10
OK Thank you. Once I add the new content (I didnt notice this before) but it says ImportError: cannot import name path, referencing the line `django.urls import path` — Dan, Jan 25 '18 at 13:10
What is your Django version? and what Django version is the documentation for? — Laurynas Tamulevičius, Jan 25 '18 at 13:12
Are you using Django 2.0? `path` is new in Django 2.0: [See here](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/urls/#path) — Lomtrur, Jan 25 '18 at 13:14
yep, see [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47563013/unable-to-import-path-from-django-urls) — Laurynas Tamulevičius, Jan 25 '18 at 13:14
Thanks @LaurynasTamulevičius... I am running an older version. — Dan, Jan 25 '18 at 13:17
You should be sure to use the tutorial for the version of Django you are actually running. — Daniel Roseman, Jan 25 '18 at 13:18

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '18 at 13:26

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You are referring to the documentation for newer Django version as path() did not exist in older versions. You can select the documentation version by clicking on the Documentation version button at the bottom right here.

answered Jan 25 '18 at 13:26

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