django2 gives you simplified fake regex for urls

bookshare/core/urls.py

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page
 from .views import DetailStudent, StudentRatings, UpdateStudent
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path(r'^name-change/$',
+    path('name-change/',
         UpdateStudent.as_view(), name='name_change'),
 
-    path(r'^(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/$',
+    path('<slug>/',
         cache_page(6)(DetailStudent.as_view()), name='profile'),
 
-    path(r'^(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/ratings/$',
+    path('<slug>/ratings/',
         cache_page(6)(StudentRatings.as_view()), name='ratings'),
 ]

bookshare/lookouts/urls.py

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ from .views import DetailLookout, CreateLookout, DeleteLookout
 
 urlpatterns = [
 
-    path(r'^new/$',
+    path('new/',
         CreateLookout.as_view(), name='create_lookout'),
 
-    path(r'^(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/$',
+    path('<slug>/',
         cache_page(60 * 2)(DetailLookout.as_view()), name='detail_lookout'),
 
-    path(r'^(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/delete/$',
+    path('<slug>/delete/',
         DeleteLookout.as_view(), name='delete_lookout'),
 ]

bookshare/mod/urls.py

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ from .views import ModLandingView, FlagModView, ListingNumModView,\
     UserEmailRatioModView
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path(r'^$', cache_page(60 * 15)(ModLandingView.as_view()), name='mod_page'),
+    path('', cache_page(60 * 15)(ModLandingView.as_view()), name='mod_page'),
 
-    path(r'^flags/$', FlagModView.as_view(), name='flag_mod'),
+    path('flags/', FlagModView.as_view(), name='flag_mod'),
 
-    path(r'^listing-nums/$', ListingNumModView.as_view(), name='listing_nums'),
+    path('listing-nums/', ListingNumModView.as_view(), name='listing_nums'),
 
-    path(r'^email-ratio/$', UserEmailRatioModView.as_view(), name='email_ratio'),
+    path('email-ratio/', UserEmailRatioModView.as_view(), name='email_ratio'),
 
 ]

bookshare/settings/urls.py

@@ -23,42 +23,42 @@ handle500 = TemplateView.as_view(template_name="500.html")
 
 urlpatterns = [
     # app-level urls
-    path(r'^share/', include('trades.urls')),
-    path(r'^student/', include('core.urls')),
-    path(r'^lookouts/', include('lookouts.urls')),
-    path(r'^mod/', include('mod.urls')),
+    path('share/', include('trades.urls')),
+    path('student/', include('core.urls')),
+    path('lookouts/', include('lookouts.urls')),
+    path('mod/', include('mod.urls')),
 
     # search
-    path(r'^search/', login_required(SearchView(form_class=ListingSearchForm),
-                                     login_url='login'), name='search'),
+    path('search/', login_required(SearchView(form_class=ListingSearchForm),
+                                   login_url='login'), name='search'),
 
     # site-wide pages
     # homepage is weird for cacheing... no special url, but different content
     # for each user
-    path(r'^$', HomepageView.as_view(), name='homepage'),
-    path(r'^charts/?$', ChartsView.as_view(), name='charts'),
+    path('', HomepageView.as_view(), name='homepage'),
+    path('charts/', ChartsView.as_view(), name='charts'),
 
     # static pages
-    path(r'^about/?$',
+    path('about/',
         cache_page(60 * 15)(TemplateView.as_view(template_name='about.html')),
         name='about'),
-    path(r'^privacy/?$',
+    path('privacy/',
         cache_page(60 * 15)(TemplateView.as_view(template_name='privacy.html')),
         name='privacy'),
 
     # user authentication
-    path(r'^login/$', login, name='login'),
-    path(r'^logout/$', logout, name='logout'),
+    path('login/', login, name='login'),
+    path('logout/', logout, name='logout'),
 
     # admin pages
-    path(r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),
-    path(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path('admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
 
     # api
-    path(r'^api/v1/', include('api.urls')),
+    path('api/v1/', include('api.urls')),
     # establishing versioning already so we easily can move to another API release
     # without specific version redirects to latest version
-    path(r'^api/$', RedirectView.as_view(url="v1/")),
+    path('api/', RedirectView.as_view(url="v1/")),
 
     # location of user-uploaded media files from settings.py (for local)
 ] #+ static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

bookshare/trades/urls.py

@@ -10,55 +10,55 @@ from .views import ListListings, CreateListing, ListingPage,\
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path(r'^all/$',
+    path('all/',
         cache_page(60 * 2)(ListListings.as_view()), name='list_listings'),
 
-    path(r'^new/$',
+    path('new/',
         CreateListing.as_view(), name='create_listing'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/$',
+    path('listing/<slug>/',
          cache_page(4)(ListingPage.as_view()), name='detail_listing'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/delete/$',
+    path('listing/<slug>/delete/',
         DeleteListing.as_view(), name='delete_listing'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<listing_slug>[\w-]+)/bid/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/edit/$',
+    path('listing/<listing_slug>/bid/<slug>/edit/',
         EditBid.as_view(), name='edit_bid'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/flag/$',
+    path('listing/<slug>/flag/',
         CreateFlag.as_view(), name='create_flag'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<listing_slug>[\w-]+)/flag/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/remove/$',
+    path('listing/<listing_slug>/flag/<slug>/remove/',
         DeleteFlag.as_view(), name='delete_flag'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<listing_slug>[\w-]+)/bid/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/flag/$',
+    path('listing/<listing_slug>/bid/<slug>/flag/',
         CreateBidFlag.as_view(), name='create_bid_flag'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<listing_slug>[\w-]+)/bid/(?P<bid_slug>[\w-]+)/flag/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/remove/$',
+    path('listing/<listing_slug>/bid/<bid_slug>/flag/<slug>/remove/',
         DeleteBidFlag.as_view(), name='delete_bid_flag'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/edit/$',
+    path('listing/<slug>/edit/',
         EditListing.as_view(), name='edit_listing'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/exchange/$',
+    path('listing/<slug>/exchange/',
         ExchangeListing.as_view(), name='exchange_listing'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/unexchange/$',
+    path('listing/<slug>/unexchange/',
         UnExchangeListing.as_view(), name='unexchange_listing'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/cancel/$',
+    path('listing/<slug>/cancel/',
         CancelListing.as_view(), name='cancel_listing'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/reopen/$',
+    path('listing/<slug>/reopen/',
         ReopenListing.as_view(), name='reopen_listing'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/rate/$',
+    path('listing/<slug>/rate/',
         CreateRating.as_view(), name='create_rating'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<listing_slug>[\w-]+)/rating/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/edit/$',
+    path('listing/<listing_slug>/rating/<slug>/edit/',
         EditRating.as_view(), name='edit_rating'),
 
-    path(r'^listing/(?P<listing_slug>[\w-]+)/rating/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/remove/$',
+    path('listing/<listing_slug>/rating/<slug>/remove/',
         DeleteRating.as_view(), name='delete_rating'),
 
 ]