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diff --git a/docs/howto/reverse.rst b/docs/howto/reverse.rst
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@@ -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
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+:mod:`reverse`
+================
+
+.. automodule:: reverse
+ :members: