Django REST framework - endpoint for username

Question

In my application users names can contain chars like :

. @ - _

I want to make an API endpoint api/users/{username} but it's impossible with these chars in URL. How to bite this kind of problem?

What else can the username contain? Digits? Does it always start with a letter? — cezar
– cezar, Commented Jan 29, 2016 at 10:27

DevilPinky · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-29 13:00:10Z

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You need to use URL encoding for that and decode it in your view.

So "Username. @ - _" will be encoded as "Username.+%40+-+_".

To decode you can use urllib.unquote(url).decode('utf8').

answered Jan 29, 2016 at 13:00

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