Django dynamic url. what am i doing wrong?

Question

So I have this URL scheme:

(r'^test/(?P<name>\d+)/', 'test'),

def test(request, name):
    html = "it worked"
    return HttpResponse(html)

however, when I go to the following URL, I get a 404 error: http://127.0.0.1:8000/test/words/

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You probably meant to use \w instead, e.g.:

(r'^test/(?P<name>\w+)/', 'test'),

\d matches only digits; \w matches any alphanumeric character.

Python Regular Expression HOWTO by A.M. Kuchling.