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Feb 18, 2010

Absolute urls in models

Everybody knows about permalink, but it's usually used only in get_absolute_url. I prefer to use it for all related model urls.

class Event(models.Model):
    # ...
    @models.permalink
    def edit_url(self):
        return ('event_edit', (self.pk, ))

And then in template:

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