from django.core.urlresolvers import resolve from djangorestframework.utils.description import get_name def get_breadcrumbs(url): """Given a url returns a list of breadcrumbs, which are each a tuple of (name, url).""" from djangorestframework.views import View def breadcrumbs_recursive(url, breadcrumbs_list): """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), View): breadcrumbs_list.insert(0, (get_name(view), url)) 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) # Drop trailing non-slash off the end and continue to try to resolve more breadcrumbs return breadcrumbs_recursive(url[:url.rfind('/') + 1], breadcrumbs_list) return breadcrumbs_recursive(url, [])