Django REST Framework (DRF): TypeError: register() got an unexpected keyword argument 'base_name'

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I have updated to djangorestframework==3.11.0 from older version. Now I’ve got this error,

TypeError: register() got an unexpected keyword argument ‘base_name’

Traceback
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  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/abu/projects/django-example/django2x/urls.py", line 21, in <module>
    path('sample/', include('sample.urls')),
  File "/home/abu/.virtualenvs/django-example/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/urls/conf.py", line 34, in include
    urlconf_module = import_module(urlconf_module)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 994, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 955, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 665, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 678, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/abu/projects/django-example/sample/urls.py", line 6, in <module>
    router.register(r'musician', MusicianViewset, base_name='musician')
TypeError: register() got an unexpected keyword argument 'base_name'

Asked By: JPG

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Answer 1

From the release notes of Django RestFramework and DRF 3.9 announcement they mentioned that

Deprecate the Router.register base_name argument in favor of basename. #5990

Which means, the argument base_name is no longer available from DRF=3.11 onwards and use basename instead

So, Change your router config as,

router.register(r'musician', MusicianViewset, basename='musician')
router.register(r'album', AlbumViewset, basename='album')

Answered By: JPG

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