Why would you need a slash at the end of a URL?

Question

Is there a difference between these URLs in regards to having slashes at the end of the URL?

https://drchrono.com/about_us
https://drchrono.com/about_us/
         


        

Answer 1

In Django URLs without forward slashes automatically have a forward slash appended to them. This is a preference of the Django developers and not a hard-coded rule of the web (I think it's actually a setting in Django).