14 files changed, 64 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/djangorestframework/compat.py b/djangorestframework/compat.py
index 7690316c..b818b446 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/compat.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/compat.py
@@ -457,3 +457,11 @@ except ImportError: # python < 2.7
         return decorator
      
     unittest.skip = skip
+
+# reverse_lazy (Django 1.4 onwards)
+try:
+    from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
+except:
+    from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+    from django.utils.functional import lazy
+    reverse_lazy = lazy(reverse, str)
diff --git a/djangorestframework/resources.py b/djangorestframework/resources.py
index eadc11d0..8ee49f82 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/resources.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/resources.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import get_urlconf, get_resolver, NoReverseMatch
 from django.db import models
 
 from djangorestframework.response import ImmediateResponse
+from djangorestframework.reverse import reverse
 from djangorestframework.serializer import Serializer, _SkipField
 from djangorestframework.utils import as_tuple, reverse
 
diff --git a/djangorestframework/reverse.py b/djangorestframework/reverse.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad06f966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djangorestframework/reverse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""
+Provide reverse functions that return fully qualified URLs
+"""
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse as django_reverse
+from djangorestframework.compat import reverse_lazy as django_reverse_lazy
+
+
+def reverse(viewname, request, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Do the same as `django.core.urlresolvers.reverse` but using
+    *request* to build a fully qualified URL.
+    """
+    url = django_reverse(viewname, *args, **kwargs)
+    return request.build_absolute_uri(url)
+
+
+def reverse_lazy(viewname, request, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Do the same as `django.core.urlresolvers.reverse_lazy` but using
+    *request* to build a fully qualified URL.
+    """
+    url = django_reverse_lazy(viewname, *args, **kwargs)
+    return request.build_absolute_uri(url)
diff --git a/djangorestframework/tests/reverse.py b/djangorestframework/tests/reverse.py
index 05c21faa..c2388d62 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/tests/reverse.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/tests/reverse.py
@@ -2,28 +2,33 @@ from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils import simplejson as json
 
-from djangorestframework.utils import reverse
+from djangorestframework.renderers import JSONRenderer
+from djangorestframework.reverse import reverse
 from djangorestframework.views import View
 from djangorestframework.response import Response
 
 
-class MockView(View):
-    """Mock resource which simply returns a URL, so that we can ensure that reversed URLs are fully qualified"""
-    permissions = ()
+class MyView(View):
+    """
+    Mock resource which simply returns a URL, so that we can ensure
+    that reversed URLs are fully qualified.
+    """
+    renderers = (JSONRenderer, )
 
     def get(self, request):
         return Response(reverse('another', request))
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
-    url(r'^$', MockView.as_view()),
-    url(r'^another$', MockView.as_view(), name='another'),
+    url(r'^myview$', MyView.as_view(), name='myview'),
 )
 
 
 class ReverseTests(TestCase):
-    """Tests for """
+    """
+    Tests for fully qualifed URLs when using `reverse`.
+    """
     urls = 'djangorestframework.tests.reverse'
 
     def test_reversed_urls_are_fully_qualified(self):
-        response = self.client.get('/')
-        self.assertEqual(json.loads(response.content), 'http://testserver/another')
+        response = self.client.get('/myview')
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(response.content), 'http://testserver/myview')
diff --git a/docs/howto/reverse.rst b/docs/howto/reverse.rst
index e4efbbca..73b8fa4d 100644
--- a/docs/howto/reverse.rst
+++ b/docs/howto/reverse.rst
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 Returning URIs from your Web APIs
 =================================
 
-    "The central feature that distinguishes the REST architectural style from
-    other network-based styles is its emphasis on a uniform interface between
-    components."
-
-    -- Roy Fielding, Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures
-
 As a rule, it's probably better practice to return absolute URIs from you web APIs, e.g. "http://example.com/foobar", rather than returning relative URIs, e.g. "/foobar".
 
 The advantages of doing so are:
@@ -23,9 +17,9 @@ There's no requirement for you to use them, but if you do then the self-describi
 reverse(viewname, request, ...)
 -------------------------------
 
-The :py:func:`~utils.reverse` function has the same behavior as :py:func:`django.core.urlresolvers.reverse` [1]_, except that it takes a request object and returns a fully qualified URL, using the request to determine the host and port::
+The :py:func:`~reverse.reverse` function has the same behavior as `django.core.urlresolvers.reverse`_, except that it takes a request object and returns a fully qualified URL, using the request to determine the host and port::
 
-    from djangorestframework.utils import reverse
+    from djangorestframework.reverse import reverse
     from djangorestframework.views import View
    
     class MyView(View):
@@ -39,9 +33,7 @@ The :py:func:`~utils.reverse` function has the same behavior as :py:func:`django
 reverse_lazy(viewname, request, ...)
 ------------------------------------
 
-The :py:func:`~utils.reverse_lazy` function has the same behavior as :py:func:`django.core.urlresolvers.reverse_lazy` [2]_, except that it takes a request object and returns a fully qualified URL, using the request to determine the host and port.
-
-.. rubric:: Footnotes
+The :py:func:`~reverse.reverse_lazy` function has the same behavior as `django.core.urlresolvers.reverse_lazy`_, except that it takes a request object and returns a fully qualified URL, using the request to determine the host and port.
 
-.. [1] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/urls/#reverse
-.. [2] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/urls/#reverse-lazy
+.. _django.core.urlresolvers.reverse: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/urls/#reverse
+.. _django.core.urlresolvers.reverse_lazy: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/urls/#reverse-lazy
diff --git a/docs/library/reverse.rst b/docs/library/reverse.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2c29c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/library/reverse.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+:mod:`reverse`
+================
+
+.. automodule:: reverse
+   :members:
diff --git a/examples/blogpost/resources.py b/examples/blogpost/resources.py
index d4e0594d..d11c5615 100644
--- a/examples/blogpost/resources.py
+++ b/examples/blogpost/resources.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from djangorestframework.resources import ModelResource
-from djangorestframework.utils import reverse
+from djangorestframework.reverse import reverse
 from blogpost.models import BlogPost, Comment
 
 
diff --git a/examples/blogpost/tests.py b/examples/blogpost/tests.py
index 9f72e686..23f1ac21 100644
--- a/examples/blogpost/tests.py
+++ b/examples/blogpost/tests.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils import simplejson as json
 
 from djangorestframework.compat import RequestFactory
-from djangorestframework.utils import reverse
+from djangorestframework.reverse import reverse
 from djangorestframework.views import InstanceModelView, ListOrCreateModelView
 
 from blogpost import models, urls
diff --git a/examples/mixin/urls.py b/examples/mixin/urls.py
index c899467b..102f2c12 100644
--- a/examples/mixin/urls.py
+++ b/examples/mixin/urls.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from djangorestframework.compat import View  # Use Django 1.3's django.views.gen
 from djangorestframework.mixins import ResponseMixin
 from djangorestframework.renderers import DEFAULT_RENDERERS
 from djangorestframework.response import Response
-from djangorestframework.utils import reverse
+from djangorestframework.reverse import reverse
 
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
 
diff --git a/examples/objectstore/views.py b/examples/objectstore/views.py
index a8bc249a..b48bfac2 100644
--- a/examples/objectstore/views.py
+++ b/examples/objectstore/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 
-from djangorestframework.utils import reverse
+from djangorestframework.reverse import reverse
 from djangorestframework.views import View
 from djangorestframework.response import Response
 from djangorestframework import status
diff --git a/examples/permissionsexample/views.py b/examples/permissionsexample/views.py
index 0bc31b27..13384c9f 100644
--- a/examples/permissionsexample/views.py
+++ b/examples/permissionsexample/views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from djangorestframework.views import View
 from djangorestframework.response import Response
 from djangorestframework.permissions import PerUserThrottling, IsAuthenticated
-from djangorestframework.utils import reverse
+from djangorestframework.reverse import reverse
 
 
 class PermissionsExampleView(View):
diff --git a/examples/pygments_api/views.py b/examples/pygments_api/views.py
index bca3dac6..75d36fea 100644
--- a/examples/pygments_api/views.py
+++ b/examples/pygments_api/views.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from djangorestframework.resources import FormResource
 from djangorestframework.response import Response
 from djangorestframework.renderers import BaseRenderer
-from djangorestframework.utils import reverse
+from djangorestframework.reverse import reverse
 from djangorestframework.views import View
 from djangorestframework import status
 
diff --git a/examples/resourceexample/views.py b/examples/resourceexample/views.py
index f2a7a08a..8e7be302 100644
--- a/examples/resourceexample/views.py
+++ b/examples/resourceexample/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from djangorestframework.utils import reverse
+from djangorestframework.reverse import reverse
 from djangorestframework.views import View
 from djangorestframework.response import Response
 from djangorestframework import status
diff --git a/examples/sandbox/views.py b/examples/sandbox/views.py
index 34216ad2..a9b82447 100644
--- a/examples/sandbox/views.py
+++ b/examples/sandbox/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """The root view for the examples provided with Django REST framework"""
 
-from djangorestframework.utils import reverse
+from djangorestframework.reverse import reverse
 from djangorestframework.views import View
 from djangorestframework.response import Response