empty path breaks after adding the first app in django

Question

I created a new django app and ran it using
python manage.py runserver . It ran normal and I could see the default page

With the shell outputting:

Django version 4.0.1, using settings 'storefront.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CTRL-BREAK.
[23/Jan/2022 18:52:07] ←[m"GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 10697←[0m
[23/Jan/2022 18:52:07] ←[36m"GET /static/admin/css/fonts.css HTTP/1.1" 304 0←[0m
[23/Jan/2022 18:52:07] ←[36m"GET /static/admin/fonts/Roboto-Bold-webfont.woff HTTP/1.1" 304 0←[0m
[23/Jan/2022 18:52:07] ←[36m"GET /static/admin/fonts/Roboto-Regular-webfont.woff HTTP/1.1" 304 0←[0m
[23/Jan/2022 18:52:07] ←[36m"GET /static/admin/fonts/Roboto-Light-webfont.woff HTTP/1.1" 304 0←[0m
Not Found: /favicon.ico
[23/Jan/2022 18:52:07,704] - Broken pipe from ('127.0.0.1', 56807)

Then I added a new app, like so:

python manage.py startapp playground

then I added an action handler

playground/views.py

def say_hello(request):
    return HttpResponse('Hello World!')

I also added urls.py inside the playground folder

playground/urls.py

urlpatterns = [
    path('hello/', views.say_hello)
]

And the main urls.py I added:

root/urls.py

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('playground/', include('playground.urls')),
]

In the main settings.py, I included playground in the INSTALLED_APPS list.
Then I ran the application, and I can confirm that the path 127.0.0.1:800/playground/hello works as expected.

However, the empty path 127.0.0.1:8000/ is no longer valid. I get this error:

The empty path only works if I comment the playground urls,

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    # once the next line is commented, the empty path works fine
    # path('playground/', include('playground.urls')),
]

Here is what the log displays once the empty path is requested:

Django version 4.0.1, using settings 'storefront.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CTRL-BREAK.
Not Found: /
[23/Jan/2022 18:47:36] ←[33m"GET / HTTP/1.1" 404 2174←[0m
Not Found: /favicon.ico
[23/Jan/2022 18:47:36,801] - Broken pipe from ('127.0.0.1', 56786)

What am I doing wrong?

Asked By: Ahmad

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Answer 1

You didn’t do anything wrong, the default django page only shows if you don’t have any other url patterns to try (Github)

Now you need to add a path at / or you can just call the django one if you’d prefer

from django.views.debug import default_urlconf
path('', default_urlconf)

Answered By: Sayse

empty path breaks after adding the first app in django

Question:

playground/views.py

playground/urls.py

root/urls.py

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