Django URL match in HttpResponse object ?

Question

In django, when a URL is matched, the match group is passed as a second parameter to the view function, the first being a HttpRequest object. For example, with a URL patter like this

'/foo/(\d{2})/', 'app.views.handler'

the handler routine will have

def handler(request, value):

where value will contain a two digit number (as a string).

My question is: is value also contained in the request object, and if yes, how can I get it (of course, parsing the URL from the request object is not an option, too impractical).

Thanks

Answer 1

Can you give any reason why you would need this?

I don't see why parsing the url path is 'impractical', given that you've already got a regexp that works, in your urlconf.

Answer 2

I'm not going to debate the merit of your idea. Just try to answer your question:

No there is no way, other than applying the regex to the URL again, to get at the url parameter.

Your view will be the first point where the parameter list will be available. Why don't you just create a wrapper object to encapsulate your request and your parameter list at that point?

Just pass that around...