trouble converting Python regex to path with django - django-views

Question

I am working on a project which uses regex urls. The way it is currently designed is you have to manually type the url as a model field which then gets passed to the urls/views as an argument? (I don't fully understand this part yes, still learning). These are the views, urls, and the templates which I think are the issue here. I am trying to automatize the process of adding the slug and that part is working. However, I can't seem to find a way around getting it to work with the way urls are configured currently.
the views sections:
class QuizDetailView(DetailView):
model = Quiz
slug_field = 'url'
template_name = 'exam/quiz_detail.html'
another section of the view where I think the url from the above snippet is turned into a variable which then gets used in url:
class QuizTake(FormView):
form_class = QuestionForm
template_name = 'exam/question.html'
def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
self.quiz = get_object_or_404(Quiz, url=self.kwargs['quiz_name'])
if self.quiz.draft and not request.user.has_perm('quiz.change_quiz'):
raise PermissionDenied
The urls:
#passes variable 'quiz_name' to quiz_take view
url(regex=r'^(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/$',
view=QuizDetailView.as_view(),
name='quiz_start_page'),
url(regex=r'^(?P<quiz_name>[\w-]+)/take/$',
view=QuizTake.as_view(),
name='quiz_question'),
and finally the template snippets, this is a detail view of the model/quiz:
<a href="{% url 'quiz_start_page' quiz.url %}">
this one displays the model (which is a quiz users take):
<a href="{% url 'quiz_question' quiz_name=quiz.url %}">
What I have tried so far:
first, since I have the slug field:
class QuizDetailView(DetailView):
model = Quiz
slug_field = 'url' ---this was commented out
template_name = 'exam/quiz_detail.html'
next, I changed the urls from:
url(regex=r'^(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/$',
view=QuizDetailView.as_view(),
name='quiz_start_page'),
url(regex=r'^(?P<quiz_name>[\w-]+)/take/$',
view=QuizTake.as_view(),
name='quiz_question'),
to:
path('<slug:slug>/', QuizDetailView.as_view(), name='quiz_start_page'),
path('<slug:slug>', QuizTake.as_view(), name='quiz_question'),
Then I changed the temlates from:
<a href="{% url 'quiz_start_page' quiz.url %}">
<a href="{% url 'quiz_question' quiz_name=quiz.url %}">
To:
<a href="{% url 'quiz_start_page' quiz.slug %}">
<a href="{% url 'quiz_question' quiz.slug %}">
When I click on the listview for the model/quiz, the url is displayed correctly on browser which I think means the automatic slug is working. However, once I click the link I see this error:
Reverse for 'quiz_question' with keyword arguments '{'quiz_name': ''}' not found. 1 pattern(s) tried: ['(?P<slug>[-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)$']
Really appreciate any help/pointers

Answer 1

Just figured it out myself, I realized I left out the argument which links the Quiz to the TakeQuiz model above.
path('<quiz_name>', QuizTake.as_view(), name='quiz_question'),
Above, instead of the slug I passed the argument <quiz_name> and changed the templates too:
{% url 'quiz_question' quiz_name=quiz.slug %}
That worked.