Much cleaner user urls and added get_absolute_url to User

{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/users/models.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.db import models
 # from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -14,3 +15,6 @@ class User(AbstractUser):
 
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self.username
+
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
+        return reverse('users:detail', kwargs={'username': self.username})

{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/users/urls.py

@@ -7,14 +7,30 @@ from . import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
     # URL pattern for the UserListView
-    url(regex=r'^$', view=views.UserListView.as_view(), name='list'),
+    url(
+        regex=r'^$',
+        view=views.UserListView.as_view(),
+        name='list'
+    ),
 
     # URL pattern for the UserRedirectView
-    url(regex=r'^~redirect/$', view=views.UserRedirectView.as_view(), name='redirect'),
+    url(
+        regex=r'^~redirect/$',
+        view=views.UserRedirectView.as_view(),
+        name='redirect'
+    ),
 
     # URL pattern for the UserDetailView
-    url(regex=r'^(?P<username>[\w.@+-]+)/$', view=views.UserDetailView.as_view(), name='detail'),
+    url(
+        regex=r'^(?P<username>[\w.@+-]+)/$',
+        view=views.UserDetailView.as_view(),
+        name='detail'
+    ),
 
     # URL pattern for the UserUpdateView
-    url(regex=r'^~update/$', view=views.UserUpdateView.as_view(), name='update'),
+    url(
+        regex=r'^~update/$',
+        view=views.UserUpdateView.as_view(),
+        name='update'
+    ),
 ]