Reverse for 'login' not found. 'login' is not a valid view function or pattern name.

amanve · May 13, 2020, 4:20am

i got this error while using django authentication views:

Error during template rendering

In template /../../templates/base.html , error at line 0

Reverse for ‘login’ not found. ‘login’ is not a valid view function or pattern name.

2 	{% load static %}
3 	<!DOCTYPE html>
4 	<html>
5 	
6 	<head>
7 	  <title>{% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
8 	  <link href="{% static "css/blog.css" %}" rel="stylesheet">
9 	</head>
10

My Login Form Code

<div class="login-form">
  <form action="{% url 'login' %}" method="post">
    {{ form.as_p }}
    {% csrf_token %}
    <input type="hidden" name="next" value="{{ next }}" />
    <p><input type="submit" value="Log-in"></p>
  </form>
</div>

My urls.py code

from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
path('login/', auth_views.LoginView.as_view(), name='login'),

Don’t understand the point where i’m missing.

jlgimeno · May 13, 2020, 4:35am

In urls.py, is that path() in the urlpatterns assignment?
‘’’

from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
urlpatterns = [
path('login/', auth_views.LoginView.as_view(), name='login'),
]

Are there any other patterns in urls.py?

-Jorge

amanve · May 13, 2020, 4:36am

yes it is in urlpatterns.

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.PostList, name='PostList'),
    path('tag/<slug:tag_slug>/',views.PostList,name = 'PostListByTag'),
    # path('',views.PostListView.as_view(), name='PostList'),
    path('<int:year>/<int:month>/<int:day>/<slug:post>/',views.PostDetail,name='PostDetail'),
    path('<int:post_id>/share/',views.PostShare, name='PostShare'),
    path('feed/',LatestPostsFeed(),name='PostFeed'),
    path('search/', views.PostSearch,name='PostSearch'),
    path('login/', auth_views.LoginView.as_view(), name='login'),
]

amanve · May 13, 2020, 4:58am

May be you can get something from Traceback Message:

Environment:


Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/blog/login/

Django Version: 3.0.6
Python Version: 3.8.2
Installed Applications:
['django.contrib.admin',
 'django.contrib.auth',
 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
 'django.contrib.sessions',
 'django.contrib.messages',
 'django.contrib.staticfiles',
 'django.contrib.sites',
 'django.contrib.sitemaps',
 'django.contrib.postgres',
 'blog.apps.BlogConfig',
 'taggit']
Installed Middleware:
['django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware']


Template error:
In template /home/aman/mysite/mysite/blog/templates/base.html, error at line 0
   Reverse for 'login' not found. 'login' is not a valid view function or pattern name.
   1 : {% load blog_tags %}
   2 : {% load static %}
   3 : <!DOCTYPE html>
   4 : <html>
   5 : 
   6 : <head>
   7 :   <title>{% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
   8 :   <link href="{% static "css/blog.css" %}" rel="stylesheet">
   9 : </head>
   10 : 


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 34, in inner
    response = get_response(request)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 145, in _get_response
    response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 143, in _get_response
    response = response.render()
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/response.py", line 105, in render
    self.content = self.rendered_content
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/response.py", line 83, in rendered_content
    return template.render(context, self._request)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/backends/django.py", line 61, in render
    return self.template.render(context)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 171, in render
    return self._render(context)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 163, in _render
    return self.nodelist.render(context)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 936, in render
    bit = node.render_annotated(context)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 903, in render_annotated
    return self.render(context)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 150, in render
    return compiled_parent._render(context)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 163, in _render
    return self.nodelist.render(context)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 936, in render
    bit = node.render_annotated(context)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 903, in render_annotated
    return self.render(context)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 62, in render
    result = block.nodelist.render(context)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 936, in render
    bit = node.render_annotated(context)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 903, in render_annotated
    return self.render(context)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/defaulttags.py", line 443, in render
    url = reverse(view_name, args=args, kwargs=kwargs, current_app=current_app)
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/urls/base.py", line 87, in reverse
    return iri_to_uri(resolver._reverse_with_prefix(view, prefix, *args, **kwargs))
  File "/home/aman/blog/blog/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 677, in _reverse_with_prefix
    raise NoReverseMatch(msg)

Exception Type: NoReverseMatch at /blog/login/
Exception Value: Reverse for 'login' not found. 'login' is not a valid view function or pattern name.

jlgimeno · May 13, 2020, 5:02am

Is urls.py the one in the project folder, or is it in /blogs? If it’s in the app, can we please see your root urls.py?

amanve · May 13, 2020, 5:03am

it’s the blog app folder not the root folder.
root folder code is:

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include
from django.contrib.sitemaps.views import sitemap

from blog.sitemaps import PostSitemap

sitemaps = {
    'posts': PostSitemap,
}

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('blog/', include('blog.urls', namespace='blog')),
    path('sitemap.xml', sitemap, {'sitemaps': sitemaps}, name='django.contrib.sitemaps.views.sitemap'),
]

jlgimeno · May 13, 2020, 5:06am

It seems that you’re including the blog/urls.py in the project with a namespace. In that case, the reverse would be namespace:view name, or in your case, blog:login. Try that in your template inside the url tag and see if that works.

-Jorge

amanve · May 13, 2020, 5:07am

Ok so got that fixed thanks a lot. just a newbie problem. but the learning was good. i forgot about the namespace.

jlgimeno · May 13, 2020, 5:08am

The first time I had that happen, it took me HOURS to figure it out. Glad I could help!

-Jorge

hmorkonda · June 28, 2020, 1:14am

can you please send a screenshot of your fixed code? im having the same issue

amanve · June 30, 2020, 10:06am

Can you put your template code here. Main problem is there only. The reverse would be namespace:view in template rendering.

kevincojean · July 3, 2020, 9:49am

Thank you! This is the answer I was looking for aswell,

Sneha07-git · August 12, 2020, 11:19am

I was searching for this!! you’ve solved my issue!! thank you so much!!

tiwari1302 · September 1, 2020, 2:03pm

this is my project urls.py

 urlpatterns = [
    path('', include('blog.urls', namespace='blog:blog-home')),

    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),

    path('register/', user_views.register, name='register'),

    path('profile/', user_views.profile, name='profile'),

        

    path('djrichtextfield/', include('djrichtextfield.urls')),

    path('ckeditor/', include('ckeditor_uploader.urls')),

    path('login/', auth_views.LoginView.as_view(template_name='users/login.html'), name='login'),

    path('logout/', auth_views.LogoutView.as_view(template_name='users/logout.html'), name='logout'),

    path('password-reset/', auth_views.PasswordResetView.as_view(template_name='users/password_reset.html'), name='password_reset'),

    path('password-reset/done/', auth_views.PasswordResetDoneView.as_view(template_name='users/password_reset_done.html'), name='password_reset_done'),

    path('password-reset-confirm/<uidb64>/<token>/', auth_views.PasswordResetConfirmView.as_view(template_name='users/password_reset_confirm.html'), name='password_reset_confirm'),

    path('password-reset-complete/', auth_views.PasswordResetCompleteView.as_view(template_name='users/password_reset_complete.html'), name='password_reset_complete'),

] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

and here is the blog app urls.py

urlpatterns = [

    path('', PostListView.as_view(), name='blog-home'),

    path('user/<str:username>', UserPostListView.as_view(), name='user-posts'),

    path('post/<int:pk>/', PostDetailView.as_view(), name='post-detail'),

    path('post/new/', PostCreateView.as_view(), name='post-create'),

    path('about', views.about, name='blog-about'),

    path('post/<int:pk>/update/', PostUpdateView.as_view(), name='post-update'),

    path('post/<int:pk>/delete/', PostDeleteView.as_view(), name='post-delete'),

    path('like/', like_post, name='like-post'),

    path('serialized/', post_serialized_view, name='serialized_view'),

]

i’m still getting this error…
Reverse for 'blog-home' not found. 'blog-home' is not a valid view function or pattern name.
Any kind of help will be highly appreciated.

jlgimeno · September 5, 2020, 5:07am

In the project urls.py, you have this:

urlpatterns = [
    path('', include('blog.urls', namespace='blog:blog-home'))

(snipped the remainder for brevity’s sake)

The namespace is added to the front of the reverse. I don’t know if one is allowed to have a colon in the namespace, as I’ve never tried that. I would write this as so:

urlpatterns = [
    path('', include('blog.urls', namespace='blog')),

Which makes the reverse for the ‘’ path as blog:blog-home. What does your template where this error comes up look like?

-Jorge