django-url-pattern¶

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What it does¶

Checks for hardcoded internal URLs in HTML link attributes that should use Django's {% url %} template tag.

Why is this bad?¶

Hardcoded internal paths duplicate the routing configuration into every template and break silently when a urls.py entry is renamed or remounted. The {% url %} template tag resolves paths from named URL patterns at render time, so the template stays correct across refactors and respects URL namespacing (app_name, instance_namespace).

Example¶

<a href="/profile/">Profile</a>
<form action="/login/"></form>

Use instead:

<a href="{% url 'profile' %}">Profile</a>
<form action="{% url 'login' %}"></form>

References¶

• Django: the url template tag
• Django: URL dispatcher