[FIXED] AssertionError: View function mapping is overwriting an existing endpoint function: main

Issue

Does anyone know why I can't overwrite an existing endpoint function if i have two url rules like this

app.add_url_rule('/',
                 view_func=Main.as_view('main'),
                 methods=["GET"])

app.add_url_rule('/<page>/',
                 view_func=Main.as_view('main'),
                 methods=["GET"])

Traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last): 
  File "demo.py", line 20, in <module> methods=["GET"]) 
  File ".../python2.6/site-packages/flask‌​/app.py", 
    line 62, in wrapper_func return f(self, *args, **kwargs) 
  File ".../python2.6/site-packages/flask‌​/app.py", 
    line 984, in add_url_rule 'existing endpoint function: %s' % endpoint)  
AssertionError: View function mapping is overwriting an existing endpoint 
    function: main

Solution

Your view names need to be unique even if they are pointing to the same view method.

app.add_url_rule('/',
                 view_func=Main.as_view('main'),
                 methods = ['GET'])

app.add_url_rule('/<page>/',
                 view_func=Main.as_view('page'),
                 methods = ['GET'])

Answered By - Michael Davis