from django.core.urlresolvers import resolve, get_script_prefix def get_breadcrumbs(url): """Given a url returns a list of breadcrumbs, which are each a tuple of (name, url).""" from rest_framework.views import APIView def breadcrumbs_recursive(url, breadcrumbs_list, prefix, seen): """Add tuples of (name, url) to the breadcrumbs list, progressively chomping off parts of the url.""" try: (view, unused_args, unused_kwargs) = resolve(url) except Exception: pass else: # Check if this is a REST framework view, and if so add it to the breadcrumbs if isinstance(getattr(view, 'cls_instance', None), APIView): # Don't list the same view twice in a row. # Probably an optional trailing slash. if not seen or seen[-1] != view: breadcrumbs_list.insert(0, (view.cls_instance.get_name(), prefix + url)) seen.append(view) if url == '': # All done return breadcrumbs_list elif url.endswith('/'): # Drop trailing slash off the end and continue to try to resolve more breadcrumbs return breadcrumbs_recursive(url.rstrip('/'), breadcrumbs_list, prefix, seen) # Drop trailing non-slash off the end and continue to try to resolve more breadcrumbs return breadcrumbs_recursive(url[:url.rfind('/') + 1], breadcrumbs_list, prefix, seen) prefix = get_script_prefix().rstrip('/') url = url[len(prefix):] return breadcrumbs_recursive(url, [], prefix, [])