python - Django (mezzanine) urls catching everything -

i'm writing custom views in admin of django project, should simple. have "events" page , want create "event" page (exactly same django polls tutorial in admin, event page same detail view.) no cannot use built in functionality normal using foreignkeys etc , need build scratch.

urls.py:

admin.autodiscover() def get_admin_urls(urls):     def get_urls():         my_urls =  [            url(r'^my_cms/events', views.events, name="events"),            url(r'^my_cms/events/(?p<event_id>[0-9]+)/$', views.detail, name='detail'),         ]         return my_urls + urls     return get_urls admin_urls = get_admin_urls(admin.site.get_urls()) admin.site.get_urls = admin_urls  urlpatterns = i18n_patterns("",     ("^admin/", include(admin.site.urls)), ) 

so.. visiting .../admin/my_cms/events/ works .../admin/my_cms/events/xxxxxx displays same events page, rather detail view

if change url pattern other "events" eg:

url(r'^my_cms/events', views.events, name="events"), url(r'^my_cms/[anything]/(?p<event_id>[0-9]+)/$',  

then display event view correctly...

so question why first url catching everything? can put (.../admin/my_cms/events/anythingilike) , display events page?

joe

because r'^my_cms/events' doesn't have $ @ end. means, beginning of url checked, not ending.

to illustrate, r'^my_cms/events' match url begins 'my_cms/events', example:

'my_cms/events' 'my_cms/events/xxxxxx' 'my_cms/eventsxxxxxx' 

so, if make request detail view @ 'my_cms/events/xxxxxx', events page url matched. once django finds match, doesn't check further urls , calls related view.

to fix, add $ sign @ end of url regexp, this:

url(r'^my_cms/events/$', views.events, name="events"),