Django Url Redirect

Django's django.contrib.redirects app is handy, but sometimes you need a simpler system which performs a redirect without having to lookup database records.

This is simply a piece of middleware which redirects URL requests based on regex pattern matches.

Requirements

• Django >= 1.5

Installation

First, install the app $ pip install django-url-redirect

Then add it to your MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    ...
    'url_redirect.middleware.UrlRedirectMiddleware',
)

Configuration and Usage

You must define URL_REDIRECTS in your project settings. This contains tuples in the form of: (url_pattern, redirect_pattern). When a match for url_pattern is found, a redirect will be performed to the corresponding redirect_pattern.

e.g.

URL_REDIRECTS = (
  (r'/foo/', r'/bar/'),
  ...
)

If url_pattern contains a capture group, you can use backreferences in redirect_pattern to replace the captured text, e.g.

URL_REDIRECTS = (
  (r'/foo/(\d+)/', r'/bar/\1/'),
  ...
)