Named URLs

Lesson in the Django Roadmap · Stage 6: Request Reponse Flow

Last updated 14 September 2026

What is Named URLs?

Named URLs in Django provide a way to refer to your URL patterns by name instead of hardcoding the URL strings in your templates and views. This allows you to change your URL structure without having to update every place where the URL is used, making your code more maintainable and less prone to errors. By assigning a unique name to each URL pattern, you can use this name to dynamically generate URLs, ensuring that your links remain consistent even if the underlying URL structure changes.

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Free resources to learn Named URLs

Official docsNaming URL patterns
ArticleNamed URL patterns
VideoDjango Tutorial #15 - Named URL's
VideoDjango URLs - Named URLS, url template-tag, Reversing URLs, URL namespaces, & get_absolute_url()

Named URLs: common questions

Can I learn Named URLs in Hindi?

This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Named URLs in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.

Is this Named URLs tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 16 of 112 in the free Django roadmap, in stage 6, Request Reponse Flow. If you are new to Django, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.