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Overwrite some views in settings.py

Author:
guettli
Posted:
March 30, 2009
Language:
Python
Version:
1.0
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0 (after 0 ratings)

If you app defines some URLs with a name, and you want to overwrite this at project level with a different view you can use this snippet. You only need to change on line in the application code (the import statement).

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def url(*args, **kwargs):
    u'''
    Wrapper for django.conf.urls.defaults.url:
    Define overwrites in settings.CUSTOM_URL_NAMES

    # settings.py
    CUSTOM_URL_NAMES={
        'myview': 'myproject.views.project_specific_view',
    }

    # In urls.py
    from djangotools.utils.hookutils import url
      ... define URLs with names like before.

    '''
    name=kwargs.get('name')
    if name:
        url_mapping=getattr(settings, 'CUSTOM_URL_NAMES', None)
        if url_mapping:
            method=url_mapping.get(name)
            if method:
                args=list(args)
                args[1]=method
    return django_url(*args, **kwargs)

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