url resolvers inside if statements Django

Question

Just wondering what the correct syntax is for checking if the current path is equal to some url:

{% if request.path == url "app_namespace:route_name" %}

Above doesn't work - but hoping someone knows a way or method for doing this lookup...

Possible duplicate of [Django Templates: Comparing current url with {% url xyz %}](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7593669/django-templates-comparing-current-url-with-url-xyz) — Mazel Tov, Feb 03 '18 at 19:53

bonidjukic · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-04T16:07:42.550

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You can use this syntax to save the url path in a template variable:

{% url 'app_namespace:route_name' as url_path %}

which you can later use within your if condition

{% if request.path == url_path %}...{% endif %}

Note that you may also find this syntax useful when you need to use the output of a url function within a blocktrans block:

{% blocktrans %}
    <a href="{{ url_path }}">text to translate</a>
{% endblocktrans %}

edited Feb 04 '18 at 16:07

answered Feb 03 '18 at 21:11

bonidjukic

Didn't quite work - 'app_namespace:route_name' is being interpreted as a string... – GCien Feb 03 '18 at 22:35
@MichaelRoberts Well, yeah, you do have to check it against a hardcoded value, right? Otherwise, I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish here. – bonidjukic Feb 03 '18 at 22:48
No - as in it’s just checking url_name == app_namespace:route_name ... I want to check it against what {% url app_namespace:route %} evaluates to. – GCien Feb 04 '18 at 01:49
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I can't really figure out what exactly are you trying to accomplish here. You could also try with `{% url 'app_namespace:route_name' as url_path %}` and then use check against it with `{% if request.path == url_path %}`. – bonidjukic Feb 04 '18 at 10:06
@MichaelRoberts Please take a look - I updated the answer. – bonidjukic Feb 05 '18 at 09:30
Awesome, glad to have helped. – bonidjukic Feb 06 '18 at 09:56

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