Package: django-macros-url
# [Django Macros URL](https://github.com/phpdude/django-macros-url/) v0.4.0 - Routing must be simple as possibleDjango Macros URL makes it easy to write (and read) URL patterns in your Django applications by using macros.You can combine your prefixes with macro names with an underscore, for example, you can use a macro `:slug`and `:product_slug`. They both will be compiled to same regex pattern with their group names of course.Multiple underscores accepted too.[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/phpdude/django-macros-url.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/phpdude/django-macros-url)### Supported macros by default```slug - [\w-]+year - \d{4}month - (0?([1-9])|10|11|12)day - ((0|1|2)?([1-9])|[1-3]0|31)id - \d+pk - \d+page - \d+uuid - [a-fA-F0-9]{8}-?[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-?[1345][a-fA-F0-9]{3}-?[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-?[a-fA-F0-9]{12}```If you want to offer more macros by default, you can fork and make a pull request.### InstallationYou can install the library with PyPI.```pip install django-macros-url```### UsageDjango Macros URLs used the same way as Django standard URLs. You just import this and declare yourpatterns with macros.Also, you can register new macro (or maybe you want to replace default macro with your like regexpattern) with `macrosurl.register(macro, pattern)` method.An example of registration.```pythonimport macrosurlmacrosurl.register('myhash', '[a-f0-9]{9}')urlpatterns = patterns('yourapp.views',macrosurl.url('^:myhash/$', 'myhash_main'),macrosurl.url('^news/:news_myhash/$', 'myhash_news'),)```Feel free to register custom macro anywhere (i do it in main urls.py file). Macros URLs uses lazyinitialization. Macros will be compiled only on the first request.### URL normalizationOnce Macros URL completed compile regex pattern, it makes normalization of it by rules:- Strip from left side all whitespace and ^- Strip from right side of pattern all whitespace and $- Add to left side ^- Add to right side $This makes your URLs always very strong to adding any unexpected params into a path.### Auto-calling as_view() on CBV objects.Library check type of view and if a view is type object with defined 'as_view' function, call this. This allowsyou omit ".as_view()" calls in your urls.py files. But you can call this manual with params if you need.This feature helps you to keep your urls.py files clean as possible. I hope you like this feature!### ExamplesMacros URL example urls.py file```pythonfrom django.conf.urls import patternsfrom macrosurl import urlfrom project.portal.views import IndexViewurlpatterns = patterns('yourapp.views',url('^:category_slug/$', 'category'),url(':category_slug/:product_slug/', 'category_product'),url(':category_slug/:product_slug/:variant_id', 'category_product_variant'),url('news/', 'news'),url('news/:year/:month/:day', 'news_date'),url('news/:slug', 'news_entry'),url('^order/:id$', 'order'),url('^$', IndexView),)```Standard Django urls example```pythonfrom django.conf.urls import patterns, urlfrom project.portal.views import IndexViewurlpatterns = patterns('yourapp.views',url('^(?P<category_slug>[\w-]+>)/$', 'category'),url('^(?P<category_slug>[\w-]+>)/(?P<product_slug>[\w-]+>)/$', 'category_product'),url('^(?P<category_slug>[\w-]+>)/(?P<product_slug>[\w-]+>)/(?P<variant_id>\d+>)$', 'category_product_variant'),url('^news/$', 'news'),url('^news/(?P<year>\d{4}>)/(?P<month>(0?([1-9])|10|11|12)>)/(?P<day>((0|1|2)?([1-9])|[1-3]0|31)>)$', 'news_date'),url('^news/(?P<slug>[\w-]+>)$', 'news_entry'),url('^order/(?P<id>\d+>)$', 'order'),url('^$', IndexView.as_view()),)```I think you understand the difference of ways :)#### Routing must be simple! ;-)I think raw URL regexp patterns needed in 1% case only. I prefer simple way to write (and read, this isimportant) fancy clean URLs.### Contributor[Alexandr Shurigin](https://github.com/phpdude/)You are welcome to contribute by PR.