RegexURLResolver no longer exists in Django 2.0(a1)

[tarkatronic]

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In testing an application against Django 2.0a1, I ran into a confusing error:

  File ".tox/py36-django20/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rest_framework/serializers.py", line 30, in <module>
    from rest_framework.compat import JSONField as ModelJSONField
  File ".tox/py36-django20/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rest_framework/compat.py", line 26, in <module>
    from django.core.urlresolvers import (  # Will be removed in Django 2.0
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'django.core.urlresolvers'

After investigating, it is related to a shim for older Django versions which now breaks as of Django 2.0a1:

try:
    from django.urls import (
        NoReverseMatch, RegexURLPattern, RegexURLResolver, ResolverMatch, Resolver404, get_script_prefix, reverse, reverse_lazy, resolve
    )
except ImportError:
    from django.core.urlresolvers import (  # Will be removed in Django 2.0
        NoReverseMatch, RegexURLPattern, RegexURLResolver, ResolverMatch, Resolver404, get_script_prefix, reverse, reverse_lazy, resolve
    )

django-rest-framework/rest_framework/compat.py

Line 28 in 607e4ed

NoReverseMatch, RegexURLPattern, RegexURLResolver, ResolverMatch, Resolver404, get_script_prefix, reverse, reverse_lazy, resolve

It turns out, RegexURLResolver no longer exists. I would imagine this is related to the new simplified URL patterns.

I'm unsure what the exact fix is at this moment, as I haven't dug into the new url implementation(s) yet, but I do recall that the old regex functionality is being maintained.

[thomwiggers]

Pretty sure it's URLPattern and URLResolver now. I'm trying to figure this one out.

[thomwiggers]

Ok, so as far as I've been able to figure out, they're far from drop-in replacements. The entire way resolving paths used to work appears to have been refactored and you would need to do some work to work with this new api. You would need some compatibility shim, as some of the attributes have been renamed or layers of indirection have been added since Django 2.0.

[mastizada]

Its now django.urls.resolvers.RegexURLPattern

[se-bastiaan]

django.urls.resolvers.RegexURLPattern doesn't exist anymore either, it was changed in django/django@df41b5a.

[diemuzi]

Also running Django 2.x alpha with the latest Rest Framework

When running python manage.py compress the following output is returned:
https://gist.github.com/diemuzi/e9049c96b703d87d061caa6d018be3fd

Just adding it here in case it helps with any debugging. Would be happy to do anything else to help too.

[anx-ckreuzberger]

I just installed DRF 3.7, and it seems that there still is a compatibility issue with Django 2.0 (a1):

 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 222, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "~/myproject/urls.py", line 4, in <module>
    from django_rest_passwordreset.views import reset_password_request_token, reset_password_confirm
  File "~/myproject/views.py", line 8, in <module>
    from rest_framework import parsers, renderers, status
  File "~/myproject/venv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/rest_framework/parsers.py", line 23, in <module>
    from rest_framework import renderers
  File "~/myproject/venv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/rest_framework/renderers.py", line 24, in <module>
    from rest_framework import VERSION, exceptions, serializers, status
  File "~/myproject/venv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/rest_framework/exceptions.py", line 17, in <module>
    from rest_framework.utils.serializer_helpers import ReturnDict, ReturnList
  File "~/myproject/venv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/rest_framework/utils/serializer_helpers.py", line 8, in <module>
    from rest_framework.compat import unicode_to_repr
  File "~/myproject/venv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/rest_framework/compat.py", line 31, in <module>
    from django.core.urlresolvers import (  # Will be removed in Django 2.0
ImportError: No module named 'django.core.urlresolvers'

Could be fixed by PR #5485