Django Rewrite External Links

Rewrite all external (off-site) links to go via a message page, using a middleware class.

Installing / usage

Add rewrite_external_links.middleware.RewriteExternalLinksMiddleware in MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES in your settings.py:

  MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
      '...',
      'rewrite_external_links.middleware.RewriteExternalLinksMiddleware',
      '...',
  )

If you want to use the provided templates also add rewrite_external_links to INSTALLED_APPS.

Add to your urls.py:

  urlpatterns = [
      '...',
      url(r'', include('rewrite_external_links.urls')),
      '...',
  ]

If you want to load the external links message using Javascript Ajax then add something like the following to your template (requires jQuery and Fancybox):

  <script>$(document).ready(function () { $('a[href^={% url external_link '' %}]').fancybox({type: 'ajax'}); });</script>