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regex url definition for slugs and ids

import re


blog_path_1 = '/blog/1/'
blog_path_2 = '/blog/2/'
blog_path_3 = '/blog/34/'
blog_path_4 = '/blog/winter-is-coming/'

matching_digits_regex = r'^/blog/(?P<id>\d+)/$'
        
def get_id(path):
    p = re.compile(matching_digits_regex)
    print('{}\'s id is {}'.format(path, p.search(path).group('id')))

get_id(blog_path_1)
get_id(blog_path_2)
get_id(blog_path_3)

try:
    get_id(blog_path_4)
except:
    print("{} does not have a matching id".format(blog_path_4))

print("\n")

matching_slug_regex = r'^/blog/(?P<slug>[\w-]+)/$'
def get_slug(path):
    p = re.compile(matching_slug_regex)
    print('{}\'s slug is {}'.format(path, p.search(path).group('slug')))

get_slug(blog_path_1)
get_slug(blog_path_2)
get_slug(blog_path_3)
get_slug(blog_path_4)