Using urls names in views

Question

Is it possible to use urls names in views, like we can do it in template?

Answer 1

Check out the docs on reverse

They have a specific example reversing a named url here:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/urls/#reverse-resolution-of-urls

reverse(viewname, urlconf=None, args=None, kwargs=None, current_app=None)

viewname is either the function name (either a function reference, or the string version of the name, if you used that form in urlpatterns) or the URL pattern name.

def myview(request):
    return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('arch-summary', args=[1945]))