django admin, extending admin with custom views

Question

I would like to request some assistance regarding this matter.

I have followed this guide to add a view to my admin.

I am using the same code that the site has a

Answer 1

This guide looks quite old. I would rather advise you to follow django docs.

someapp/admin.py

from django.contrib.admin import AdminSite
from django.http import HttpResponse

class MyAdminSite(AdminSite):

     def get_urls(self):
         from django.urls import path
         urls = super().get_urls()
         urls += [
             path('my_view/', self.admin_view(self.my_view))
         ]
         return urls

     def my_view(self, request):
         return HttpResponse("Hello!")

admin_site = MyAdminSite()

Source: https://github.com/django/django/blob/2.2/django/contrib/admin/sites.py#L194-L205

You should also update your project/urls.py and replace path('admin/', admin.site.urls) by path('admin/', admin_site.urls). Don't forget to from someapp.admin import admin_site before.