How can I make a trailing slash optional on a Django Rest Framework SimpleRouter

Question

The docs say you can set trailing_slash=False but how can you allow both endpoints to work, with or without a trailing slash?

Answer 1

I found the easiest way to do this is just to set up your URLs individually to handle the optional trailing slash, e.g.

from django.urls import re_path

urlpatterns = [
    re_path('api/end-point/?$', api.endPointView),
    ...

Not a DRY solution, but then it's only an extra two characters for each URL. And it doesn't involve overriding the router.