The latest articles on DEV Community by kawuondo (@kawuondo). https://dev.to/kawuondo https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F310271%2Ff77a1c5b-7e27-4aa4-b97a-e66e59ce499c.png https://dev.to/kawuondo en kawuondo Mon, 06 Jan 2020 21:13:53 +0000 https://dev.to/kawuondo/answer-django-doesn-t-match-createview-if-the-route-begins-with-post-485p https://dev.to/kawuondo/answer-django-doesn-t-match-createview-if-the-route-begins-with-post-485p <div class="ltag__stackexchange--container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title-container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title"> <h1> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--pTF_nE4a--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.freetls.fastly.net/assets/stackoverflow-logo-b42691ae545e4810b105ee957979a853a696085e67e43ee14c5699cf3e890fb4.svg" alt=""> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45000677/django-doesnt-match-createview-if-the-route-begins-with-post/45000712#45000712" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span class="title-flare">answer</span> re: Django doesn't match CreateView if the route begins with 'post/' </a> </h1> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--post-metadata"> <span>Jul 9 '17</span> </div> </div> <a class="ltag__stackexchange--score-container" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45000677/django-doesnt-match-createview-if-the-route-begins-with-post/45000712#45000712" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--5MiFESHx--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.freetls.fastly.net/assets/stackexchange-arrow-up-eff2e2849e67d156181d258e38802c0b57fa011f74164a7f97675ca3b6ab756b.svg" alt=""> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--score-number"> 2 </div> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--Rk_a5QFN--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.freetls.fastly.net/assets/stackexchange-arrow-down-4349fac0dd932d284fab7e4dd9846f19a3710558efde0d2dfd05897f3eeb9aba.svg" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--body"> <p>Django will use the first matching regex, which in this case is <code>r'^post/(?P&lt;slug&gt;[-\w]+)/$'</code>. This routes to <code>PostDetailView</code> with a slug of <code>new</code>. Since you don't have a post with that slug, the view will raise a 404. </p> <p>To fix this, simply put the <code>CreatePostView</code> above the <code>PostDetailView</code>:</p>… </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--btn--container"> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45000677/django-doesnt-match-createview-if-the-route-begins-with-post/45000712#45000712" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Full Answer</a> </div> </div>