Django : How can I see a list of urlpatterns?

Question

How can I see the current urlpatterns that \"reverse\" is looking in?

I\'m calling reverse in a view with an argument that I think should work, but doesn\'t. Any wa

Answer 1

You can create a dynamic import to gather all URL Patterns from each application in your project with a simple method like so:

def get_url_patterns():
    from django.apps import apps

    list_of_all_url_patterns = list()
    for name, app in apps.app_configs.items():
        # you have a directory structure where you should be able to build the correct path
        # my example shows that apps.[app_name].urls is where to look
        mod_to_import = f'apps.{name}.urls'
        try:
            urls = getattr(importlib.import_module(mod_to_import), "urlpatterns")
            list_of_all_url_patterns.extend(urls)
        except ImportError as ex:
            # is an app without urls
            pass

    return list_of_all_url_patterns

list_of_all_url_patterns = get_url_patterns()

I recently used something like this to create a template tag to show active navigation links.