Modifying the canonical URL for posts

We also have to modify the parameters of the canonical URL for blog posts to match the new URL parameters.

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1. Edit the models.py file of the blog application and edit the get_absolute_url() method as follows:

class Post(models.Model):
    # ...
    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return reverse('blog:post_detail',
                       args=[self.publish.year,
                             self.publish.month,
                             self.publish.day,
                             self.slug])

1. Start the development server by typing the following command in the shell prompt:

python manage.py runserver

1. Next, you can return to your browser and click on one of the post titles to take a look at the detail view of the post. You should see something like this:

Figure 2.2: The page for the post’s detail view

Take a look at the URL—it should look like /blog/2024/1/1/who-was-django-reinhardt/. You have designed...