Django change url from http:\/\/ to http://

Question

I'm getting a response from an API that formats URLs like: http:\/\/domain.com\/. How do I make them normal URLs?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 05 '22 at 03:20

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Simply do:

url.replace('\/', '/')

There isn't anything built-in, but leaving it as an exercise for you to turn this into a custom template filter. The docs are pretty good.

edited Aug 05 '22 at 03:20

Karl Knechtel

answered Jan 05 '12 at 17:32

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Yea, I just didn't know if there was a way to do it in the template tag, so I dont have to parse through the dict before displaying it – Brenden Jan 05 '12 at 17:32
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@Brenden: Your best bet is to write a custom template tag to do that for you. – mipadi Jan 05 '12 at 17:34
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Why is this API being called from the template? If possible, I'd do this in the view in python. – Yuji 'Tomita' Tomita Jan 05 '12 at 17:47
Sorry for being unclear. The API is being called in the view, and the response is being passed to the template. If I can fix in the template, I dont have to do a for loop over the response to change the URL – Brenden Jan 05 '12 at 18:03
I build a custom template tag. Thanks! – Brenden Jan 05 '12 at 18:55
@Brenden, if it's being called in the view, I'd definitely try to make these modifications in the view. Building a tag, adding new files, spreading code around seems like a lot of organizational overhead just to make a simple python change. But you may have your reasons - good luck! – Yuji 'Tomita' Tomita Jan 05 '12 at 20:14

Burhan Khalid · Answer 2 · 2012-01-05T18:05:35.177

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Use the safe filter as a guide on how to write your own that does this.

edited Jan 05 '12 at 18:05

answered Jan 05 '12 at 17:59

Burhan Khalid

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