thorn.reverse

Tools for URL references.

class thorn.reverse.model_reverser(view_name, *args, **kwargs)

Describes how to get the canonical URL for a model instance.

Examples

>>> # This:
>>> model_reverser('article-detail', uuid='uuid')
>>> # for an article instance will generate the URL by calling:
>>> reverse('article_detail', kwargs={'uuid': instance.uuid})

>>> # And this:
>>> model_reverser('article-detail', 'category.name', uuid='uuid')
>>> # for an article instance will generate the URL by calling:
>>> reverse('article-detail',
...         args=[instance.category.name],
...         kwargs={'uuid': instance.uuid},
... )