URLs and View in Python Django



VIEW

  • It returns an appropriate HTTP response to browser
  • The view function retrieves data from the database
  • performs some business logic
  • It renders a template with the data

URLs

  • Check the Requested URLs
  • It decides which function to call in view.py

view_urls

BasicApp/joes_project/urls.py
"""
URL configuration for joes_project project.
 
The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/topics/http/urls/
Examples:
Function views
    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
Class-based views
    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
Including another URLconf
    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
"""
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path,include
from .import views
 
from django.http import HttpResponse
 
def contact(request):
    return HttpResponse("<h1>Contact Page</h1>")
 
 
urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path("",views.home), #http://www.tutorjoes.in/
    path("about",views.about),#http://www.tutorjoes.in/about
    path("contact",contact),
    path("",include("my_app.urls"))
]
 
BasicApp/joes_project/views.py
from django.http import HttpResponse
 
def home(request):
    return HttpResponse("<h1>Home Page</h1>")
 
def about(request):
    return HttpResponse("<h1>About Page</h1>")

DJANGO PROJECT STRUCTURE


django_project_structure.jpg
BasicApp/my_app/views.py
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponse
 
def users(request):
    return HttpResponse("<h1>User Page</h1>")
BasicApp/my_app/urls.py
from django.urls import path
from .import views
 
urlpatterns = [
    path("users",views.users),
 
]