Django Reverse Inverse

Question

Is there an inverse method for Django's django.core.urlresolvers.reverse()?

I want a function f(x) such that f(django.core.urlresolvers.reverse('shadowfax')) == 'shadowfax'.

Does anybody have anything to say on whether this would be a proper approach to writing unit tests for methods that call .reverse()?

What is the usecase? You can always use url names to achieve this. — karthikr, Jan 29 '13 at 16:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 29 '13 at 17:00

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Probably shocking:

django.core.urlresolvers.resolve( "/test" ).url_name

It is perfectly good way to use it and it is even recommend in the documentation:

answered Jan 29 '13 at 17:00

freakish

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 06 '22 at 02:00

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An updated version.

from django.urls import resolve
resolve( "/test" ).url_name

answered Oct 06 '22 at 02:00

MikeSchem

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