series of tests added with built-in django test support

core/views.py

@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.urls import reverse
+from django.views.generic import DetailView
 
 class SlugRedirectMixin:
     """
     Mixin that handles redirects for old slugs.
-    Requires the model to inherit from SluggedModel.
+    Requires the model to inherit from SluggedModel and view to inherit from DetailView.
     """
-    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+    def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        # Only apply slug redirect logic to DetailViews
+        if not isinstance(self, DetailView):
+            return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
         # Get the object using current or historical slug
         try:
             self.object = self.get_object()
             # Check if we used an old slug
             current_slug = kwargs.get(self.slug_url_kwarg)
-            if current_slug != self.object.slug:
+            if current_slug and current_slug != self.object.slug:
                 # Get the URL pattern name from the view
                 url_pattern = self.get_redirect_url_pattern()
                 # Build kwargs for reverse()
@@ -22,9 +27,9 @@ class SlugRedirectMixin:
                     reverse(url_pattern, kwargs=reverse_kwargs),
                     permanent=True
                 )
-            return super().get(request, *args, **kwargs)
-        except self.model.DoesNotExist:
-            return super().get(request, *args, **kwargs)
+            return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        except (self.model.DoesNotExist, AttributeError):
+            return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_redirect_url_pattern(self):
         """