How can I send a URL from a template to a view? I have noticed that a normal string works but a URL doesn’t. Here is what I have tried.
path('imageviewer/<str:theimage>', mainviews.imageviewer, name="imageviewer"),
def imageviewer(request, theimage):
response = render(request, "imageviewer.html", {"theimage": theimage})
return response
How I attempt to pass it : (value.image) is a url
<a href="{% url 'imageviewer' theimage=value.image %}" class="effect-lily tm-post-link tm-pt-60">
Error I Get:
Reverse for 'imageviewer' with keyword arguments '{'theimage': 'https://storage.googleapis.com/katakata-cb1db.appspot.com/images/humours/1643758561'}' not found. 1 pattern(s) tried: ['imageviewer/(?P<theimage>[^/]+)\\Z']
Thank you.
>Solution :
You need to escape the image so that it can be used in a URL, use the built-in filter urlencode
{% url 'imageviewer' theimage=value.image|urlencode %}
Your urlpattern also needs to accept slashes and other chars, use the path converter instead of str as it accepts any non-empty string
path('imageviewer/<path:theimage>', mainviews.imageviewer, name="imageviewer"),