Django AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'as_view' in urls.py

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Django AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'as_view' in urls.py

urls.py file

from django.urls import path, register_converter
from . import views, converter

register_converter(converter.HexConverter, 'hex')

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.QuestionView.as_view()),
    path('ask/', views.Ask.as_view()),
    path('<hex:pk>/', views.QuestionCurrent.as_view(), name='question_current'),
]

views.py file

from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView
from django.shortcuts import render
from .forms import QuestionForm
from .models import *

def QuestionView(request):
    ''' List of Questions '''
    questions = Question.objects.all()
    return render(request, 'f/index.html', {'question_list': questions})

def QuestionCurrent(request, pk):
    ''' Current Question '''
    question = Question.objects.get(id=pk)
    return render(request, 'f/current.html', {'question': question})

class Ask(CreateView):
    template_name = 'f/ask.html'
    form_class = QuestionForm
    success_url = '/f/ask/'

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        content = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
        return content

forms.py file

from django.forms import ModelForm
from .models import *

class QuestionForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Question
        fields = ('author', 'title', 'body')

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Answer 1

It means QuestionView , Ask , or QuestionCurrent are not class-based views. If these are functions, then you can't use .as_view() [Django-doc] .

The .as_view() function is used to turn the class of class-based view into a function that will handle the requests. In case the QuestionView , Ask and/or QuestionCurrent views are thus functions, you should drop the .as_view() of the corresponding views:

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.),
    path('ask/', views.),
    path('<hex:pk>/', views., name='question_current'),
]

As you can see in the views, the QuestionView and the Ask are functions :

 QuestionView(request):
    ''' List of Questions '''
    questions = Question.objects.all()
    return render(request, 'f/index.html', {'question_list': questions})

 QuestionCurrent(request, pk):
    ''' Current Question '''
    question = Question.objects.get(id=pk)
    return render(request, 'f/current.html', {'question': question})

Only Ask is a class-based view.

Furthermore such functions are usually written in snake_case , not in PerlCase .

Answer 2

You didn't import Ask class view in the url.py!

I think you forgot to do this: From.views import Ask

also QuestionView was created using function View. You can't call it using as_view().