From a45e3e9f98aac03c61a1167e61ff15be3e45c1b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladimir Gorej
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:13:38 +0200
Subject: Issue #9; absurl util for constructing absolute urls directly in code

---
 brevisurl/utils.py | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'brevisurl/utils.py')

diff --git a/brevisurl/utils.py b/brevisurl/utils.py
index e0c3d52..b023554 100644
--- a/brevisurl/utils.py
+++ b/brevisurl/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 from django.utils import importlib
+from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
+
+import brevisurl.settings
 
 
 def load_object(import_path):
@@ -15,4 +18,30 @@ def load_object(import_path):
         raise ValueError('There must be at least one dot in import path: "%s"', import_path)
     module_name, object_name = import_path.rsplit('.', 1)
     module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
-    return getattr(module, object_name)
\ No newline at end of file
+    return getattr(module, object_name)
+
+
+def absurl(protocol=brevisurl.settings.LOCAL_BACKEND_DOMAIN_PROTOCOL,
+           domain=None, site=None, path='/'):
+    """Util for constructing absolute urls from relative urls.
+
+    Keyword argument domain has higher priority over site. If site not set
+    domain is used. If both are not set, current site is used.
+
+    :param protocol: domain protocol
+    :type protocol: string
+    :param domain: URI domain
+    :type domain: string
+    :param site: Site instance
+    :type site: django.contrib.sites.models.Site
+    :param path: URI path
+    :type path: string
+    :returns: absolute URI
+    :rtype: string
+
+    """
+    if domain is None and site is None:
+        domain = Site.objects.get_current().domain
+    elif domain is None and site is not None:
+        domain = site.domain
+    return '{0}://{1}{2}'.format(protocol, domain, path)
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