Django: resolve(request.path).app_name does not return app name

Question

I'm trying to access the current app name from a view or template.

In other SO answers How to get an app name using python in django and How to get current application in Django I found that resolve(request.path).app_name should return the current app name. But in my case it alwas returns "None".

I'm using Django 1.3.

Answer 1

For that to work, you have to pass a app_name parameter when including your urls:

#urls.py
urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^manufacturers/', include('manufacturers.urls', app_name='manufacturers')),
)


#shell output
In [1]: resolve('/manufacturers/my_manufacturers/').app_name
Out[1]: 'manufacturers'

More info: Defining URL namespaces