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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, **kwargs):
+    """
+    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.
+    """
+    request = kwargs.pop('request', None)
+    url = django_reverse(viewname, *args, **kwargs)
+    if request:
+        return request.build_absolute_uri(url)
+    return url
+
+
+reverse_lazy = lazy(reverse, str)