Django - Reverse for '' not found. '' is not a valid view function or pattern name

When you use the url tag you should use quotes for string literals, for example:

{% url 'products' %}

At the moment product is treated like a variable and evaluates to '' in the error message.

The syntax for specifying url is {% url namespace:url_name %}. So, check if you have added the app_name in urls.py.
In my case, I had misspelled the url_name. The urls.py had the following content path('<int:question_id>/', views.detail, name='question_detail') whereas the index.html file had the following entry <li><a href="{% url 'polls:detail' question.id %}">{{ question.question_text }}</a></li>. Notice the incorrect name.

I was receiving the same error when not specifying the app name before pattern name. In my case:

app-name : Blog

pattern-name : post-delete

reverse_lazy('Blog:post-delete') worked.

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