Django AttributeError 'tuple' object has no attribute 'regex'

Question

I'm using django 1.8 and having trouble with it. I am trying to import tinymce in my project. When I render it caught

AttributeError: tuple' object has no attribute 'regex'

When I remove the url in url.py it is working. Here is my codes.

url.py

from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.contrib import admin

urlpatterns = [
    # Examples:
    # url(r'^$', 'hizlinot.views.home', name='home'),
    # url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls')),
    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
    (r'^tinymce/', include('tinymce.urls')),

]

settings.py

"""
Django settings for hizlinot project.

Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 1.8.

For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/settings/

For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/
"""

# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
import os
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))


# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = 'b-4jipu5t(+)g(2-7g#s=1rs19dhpj-1-!x1b-*v7s85f-m%&q'

# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = []


# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'edebiyat',
    'tinymce',
)

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
)

ROOT_URLCONF = 'hizlinot.urls'

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'hizlinot.wsgi.application'


# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
    }
}


# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/i18n/

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = True


# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/static-files/

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

Answer 1

You forgot the 'url'

url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
url(r'^tinymce/', include('tinymce.urls')),

urlpatterns should be a list of url() instances

url returns RegexURLPattern but instead a tuple is found in your list.

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/_modules/django/conf/urls/#url

Answer 2

I know it's not absolutely related to the question, but sometimes this error can be a little deeper than directly in a urls.py file.

I got this error and the cause of the problem wasn't in the error stack trace.

I had this problem while browsing the Admin with a custom Admin Class, and the problem was with the method get_urls() of this class, which was returning something like:

def get_urls(self):
    from django.conf.urls import patterns
    return ['',
            (r'^(\d+)/password/$',
             self.admin_site.admin_view(self.user_change_password))] + super(CompanyUserAdmin, self).get_urls()

To fix it:

def get_urls(self):
    from django.conf.urls import patterns
    return [
            url(r'^(\d+)/password/$',
             self.admin_site.admin_view(self.user_change_password))] + \
           super(CompanyUserAdmin, self).get_urls()

Don't forget the import of 'url':

from django.conf.urls import url