Url not woking in django - django

Question

My Question is in two fold, both revolving round NoReverseMatch error. First Question: I keep getting NoReverseMatch error each time i call my url({% url 'dashboard' client.pk %}) in other pages that uses a different view(eg DashboardPilot: kindly check the url) but when i use it in dashboard.html it works fine.
Views.py
class Dashboard(LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin, DetailView):
model = ClientProfile
template_name ='accounts/dashboard.html'
context_object_name= 'client'
login_url= 'login'
fields = '__all__'
def test_func(self):
return self.request.user.role == 'client'
urls.py
urlpatterns =[
path('accounts/dashboard/client/<int:pk>', Dashboard.as_view(), name='dashboard'),
path('accounts/dashboard/pilot/<int:pk>', DashboardPilot.as_view(), name='pilot_dashboard'),
path('jobs', JobPage.as_view(), name='job_page'),
path('job/<int:pk>/details', JobDetails.as_view(), name='job_details'),
path('accounts/edit/job/<int:pk>', EditJob.as_view(), name='job_edit'),
]
**models.py**
class ClientProfile(models.Model):
username = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete= models.CASCADE)
client_firstname=models.CharField(max_length=200)
client_lastname=models.CharField(max_length =150)
role =models.CharField(max_length =150)
client_phone_no=models.CharField(max_length =150)
client_email=models.EmailField(max_length=150)
Second Questions:
I have a view which redirect to a dashboard(uses pk) after signing but i keep getting a reverse error each time it tries to redirect to dashboard.
views.py
def signin (request):
if request.method == 'POST':
username = request.POST['username']
password = request.POST['password']
user = auth.authenticate(username=username, password=password)
if user is not None:
auth.login(request,user)
messages.success(request, 'You are now logged in')
if user.role == 'client':
return redirect ('dashboard')
else:
return redirect ('pilot_dashboard')
else:
messages.error(request, 'Invalid Credentials')
return redirect ('login')
else:
return render (request, 'accounts/signin.html')
urls.py
urlpatterns =[
path('accounts/dashboard/client/<int:pk>', Dashboard.as_view(), name='dashboard'),
path('accounts/dashboard/pilot/<int:pk>', DashboardPilot.as_view(), name='pilot_dashboard'),
path('jobs', JobPage.as_view(), name='job_page'),
path('job/<int:pk>/details', JobDetails.as_view(), name='job_details'),
path('accounts/edit/job/<int:pk>', EditJob.as_view(), name='job_edit'),
]
I i have tried using return redirect(reverse('dashboard', args=[str(self.id)])) but i keep getting self not defined. I will be immensely grateful for any help rendered.

Answer 1

For the first problem, please make sure that client object is present in the template. Most probably, your template context does not have the object client which is why url is not resolved. You can test this by including {{ client }} in the templates that are giving you the error.
Basically you need to pass the correct object inside the url template tag.
You can add the client object in the context if your view does not have the ClientProfile in your template's context.
For the second problem, call the reverse with the kwargs keyword. Also, you are not passing the correct value to resolve the url.
Use:
return redirect(reverse('dashboard', kwargs={"pk": user.clientprofile.id}))