i am unable to search and get 404 error same problem occur in sitemap views for creating static xml file, it does not return the url for static file and now have this problem with search as it is unable to find search .html gives this Page not found (404) error while searching through search page Raised by: blog.views.blogpost error.
Search_Form
<form method='GET' action="/blog/search/" class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0">
<input class="form-control mr-sm-2" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search" name="search" id="search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-success mx-2 my-1 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
Search views.py
def search(request):
myposts = Blogpost.objects.all()
query = request.GET['search']
if len(query)>78:
myposts = Blogpost.objects.none()
else:
post_title = Blogpost.objects.filter(Q(title__icontains=query))
posts_content = Blogpost.objects.filter(Q(content__icontains=query))
posts_slug = Blogpost.objects.filter(Q(slug__icontains=query))
myposts = post_title | posts_content | posts_slug
if myposts.count() == 0:
messages.warning(request, "No search results found. Please enter again.")
context = {'myposts': myposts,'query':query}
return render(request, 'blog/search.html', context)
url.py
urlpatterns = [
path('', views.index, name='bloglist'),
path('<slug:post>/', views.blogpost, name='blogpost'),
path("contact/", views.contact, name="contact"),
path("search/", views.search, name="search")
]
My search.html
{% block body %}
<div class="container mt-3">
<h5> <p> Search Results:</p> </h5>
{% if myposts|length < 1 %}
Your Search -<b> {{query}} </b>- did not match any documents please try again. <br>
<br> Suggestions:
<ul>
<li>Make sure that all words are spelled correctly.</li>
<li>Try more general keywords.</li>
<li>Try different keywords.</li>
</ul>
{% endif %}
<div class="container mt-3">
<div class="row my-2">
{% for post in myposts %}
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="row no-gutters border rounded overflow-hidden flex-md-row mb-4 shadow-sm h-md-250 position-relative">
<div class="col p-4 d-flex flex-column position-static">
<h3 class="mb-0"><a href="{{ post.get_absolute_url }}">{{post.title}}</a></h3>
<div class="mb-1 text-muted"></div>
<strong class="d-inline-block mb-2 text-primary"><a>{{post.author}} | {{post.created_on}}</a></strong>
<p class="card-text mb-auto">{{post.content|safe}}</p>
<a href="{{ post.get_absolute_url }}" class="stretched-link">Continue reading</a>
</div>
<div class="col-auto d-none d-lg-block">
<img src="/media/{{post.thumbnail}}" class="bd-placeholder-img" width="200" height="250" aria-label="Placeholder: Thumbnail">
<title>Placeholder</title></img>
</div>
</div>
</div>
{% if forloop.counter|divisibleby:2%}
</div>
<div class="row my-2">
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}</div>
</div>
</div>
{% endblock %}
Project urls.py
from django.contrib.sitemaps.views import sitemap
from blog.sitemaps import StaticViewsSitemap
from blog.sitemaps import BlogSitemap
sitemaps ={
'blogpost': BlogSitemap(),
'static': StaticViewsSitemap(),
}
urlpatterns = [
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
path('shop/', include('shop.urls')),
path('blog/', include('blog.urls', namespace='blog')),
path('', views.index),
path('register/', views.registerPage),
path('login/', views.loginPage),
path('logout/', views.logoutUser),
path('sitemap.xml/', sitemap, {'sitemaps': sitemaps}, name='django.contrib.sitemaps.views.sitemap'),
] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
models.py
class Blogpost(models.Model):
STATUS_CHOICES= ( ('0', 'Draft'), ('1', 'Publish'),)
post_id = models.AutoField(primary_key= True)
title = models.CharField(max_length=50, unique=True)
slug = models.SlugField(max_length=50, unique=True)
content = models.TextField(max_length=5000, default="")
author = models.ForeignKey(Author, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
thumbnail = models.ImageField(upload_to='shop/images', default="")
created_on = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
categories = models.ManyToManyField(Category)
status = models.CharField(max_length=10, choices=STATUS_CHOICES, default='draft')
objects = models.Manager()
featured = models.BooleanField()
def get_absolute_url(self):
return reverse('blog:blogpost',
args=[self.slug])
class Meta:
ordering = ('-created_on',)
def __str__(self):
return self.title
