#22912: Possible error in documentation
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Reporter: cfperea@… | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: Documentation | Version: 1.6
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Hi, I've been following the official Django tutorial and came across a
possible error in the documentation using version 1.6.
In the section titled ''The Django test client''
([https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/intro/tutorial05/#the-django-test-
client]) in part 5 there is this section of code:
{{{
>>> # get a response from '/'
>>> response = client.get('/')
>>> # we should expect a 404 from that address
>>> response.status_code
404
>>> # on the other hand we should expect to find something at '/polls/'
>>> # we'll use 'reverse()' rather than a hardcoded URL
>>> from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
>>> response = client.get(reverse('polls:index'))
>>> response.status_code
200
>>> response.content
'\n\n\n <p>No polls are available.</p>\n\n'
>>> # note - you might get unexpected results if your ``TIME_ZONE``
>>> # in ``settings.py`` is not correct. If you need to change it,
>>> # you will also need to restart your shell session
>>> from polls.models import Poll
>>> from django.utils import timezone
>>> # create a Poll and save it
>>> p = Poll(question="Who is your favorite Beatle?",
pub_date=timezone.now())
>>> p.save()
>>> # check the response once again
>>> response = client.get('/polls/')
>>> response.content
'\n\n\n <ul>\n \n <li><a href="/polls/1/">Who is your
favorite Beatle?</a></li>\n \n </ul>\n\n'
>>> response.context['latest_poll_list']
[<Poll: Who is your favorite Beatle?>]
}}}
However, when I wrote this test in the console the following error
occurred:
{{{
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable
}}}
I changed the line
{{{
response.context['latest_poll_list']
}}}
to
{{{
response.context_data['latest_poll_list']
}}}
and it worked as intended.
I'm using Python 2.7 with Django 1.6 in a Windows 7 machine.
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