NoReverseMatch with keyword argument uidb64 with Django 2.0

Question

I can\'t understand why my code doesn\'t work. Before it worked, but now, when I run the server and test, the code does not work.

When the user is registering, I se

Answer 1

In Django 2.0 and 2.1 you should call decode() after base64 encoding the uid, to convert it to a string:

message = render_to_string('acc_active_email.html', {
    'user': user,
    'domain': current_site.domain,
    'uid': urlsafe_base64_encode(force_bytes(user.pk)).decode(),
    'token': account_activation_token.make_token(user),
})

See the note in the Django 2.0 release notes for more info.

In Django 2.2+, urlsafe_base64_encode returns a string, so there is no need to decode.

message = render_to_string('acc_active_email.html', {
    'user': user,
    'domain': current_site.domain,
    'uid': urlsafe_base64_encode(force_bytes(user.pk)),
    'token': account_activation_token.make_token(user),
})

It should be possible to write code that is compatible with Django < 1.11, 2.0-2.1, and 2.2+, by using force_text. Note the following is untested.

from django.utils.encoding import force_text

message = render_to_string('acc_active_email.html', {
    'user': user,
    'domain': current_site.domain,
    'uid': force_text(urlsafe_base64_encode(force_bytes(user.pk))),
    'token': account_activation_token.make_token(user),
})

You can drop the force_text and use the second code snippet once you drop support for Django < 2.2.