How to get full url from django request

Question

Is there a better way to get the full url in django than doing the following:

url = request.META['HTTP_HOST']     + request.META['PATH_INFO']     + request.META['QUERY_STRING'] 

Is there something like request.META['URL'] ?

Answer 1

You can get full URL using request.build_absolute_uri method:

FULL_URL_WITH_QUERY_STRING: request.build_absolute_uri() FULL_URL: request.build_absolute_uri('?') ABSOLUTE_ROOT: request.build_absolute_uri('/')[:-1].strip("/") ABSOLUTE_ROOT_URL: request.build_absolute_uri('/').strip("/") 

Should this will help full to you.

The best way to use ABSOLUTE URLS in Django, you can create a context_processors or middleware and find your ABSOLUTE_URL and return that so that you can use any where in Django.

Like this example:

def absolute(request):     urls = {         'ABSOLUTE_ROOT': request.build_absolute_uri('/')[:-1].strip("/"),         'ABSOLUTE_ROOT_URL': request.build_absolute_uri('/').strip("/"),     }      return urls 

And Then you should use {{ABSOLUTE_ROOT}} in any where into you django template.