How can i generate a page dynamically in Django?

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I'm building a site in Django but I'm kind of stuck with the following problem.

In my home.html I have a list which looks something like this:

{% extends "main/header.html" %}


{% block content %}


<body>


<div class="itemlist">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="item1">Item 1</a></li>
        <li><a href="item2">Item 2</a></li>
        <li><a href="item3">Item 3</a></li>
        <li><a href="item4">Item 4</a></li>
    </ul>

</div>

</body>



{% endblock %}

This list is updated dynamically, so there will be more and different items.

This is what I'm trying to do: for each of those items, when I open the item's link, a new page should be opened, containing data about the item, like this: site.com/item1, or site.com/item2

The problem: I can't create a view and a template for each item since the list will grow. Creating a view, a template and a url for each is not a doable solution.

A possible approach: create a view that generates a standard page and append the link to that page, like this:

site.com/items/item-here, so for example site.com/items/item15

The problem is that I'm fairly new to Django, so I don't know how to apply this approach practically.

Can someone give me a hint on where I should go from here? Every advice is appreciated. I hope my problem was understandable.

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1 Answers

You could use FBVs. One view and one template required.

Views.py:

from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render

def render_items(request, item_name):
    item = get_object_or_404(YOUR_MODEL, YOUR_ITEM_FIELD_NAME=item_name)
    return render(request, 'YOUR_TEMPLATE.html', {'item': item })

Add below line to urlpatterns

    path('items/<str:item_name>/',views.render_items, name='item'),

Detail Template

{% extends "main/header.html" %}
{% block content %}
<body>
    <div class="item-detail">
        <h1> Detail </h1>
        <p>{{ item.name }}</p>
    </div>
</body>
{% endblock %}
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