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+"""
+Provide reverse functions that return fully qualified URLs
+"""
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse as django_reverse
+from django.utils.functional import lazy
+
+
+def reverse(viewname, args=None, kwargs=None, request=None, format=None, **extra):
+    """
+    Same as `django.core.urlresolvers.reverse`, but optionally takes a request
+    and returns a fully qualified URL, using the request to get the base URL.
+    """
+    if format is not None:
+        kwargs = kwargs or {}
+        kwargs['format'] = format
+    url = django_reverse(viewname, args=args, kwargs=kwargs, **extra)
+    if request:
+        return request.build_absolute_uri(url)
+    return url
+
+
+reverse_lazy = lazy(reverse, str)