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Django: prefix/postfix language slug in i18n_urls

I have a django-cms site, that uses i18n_patterns in urls.py. This works, urls are built like /lang/here-starts-the-normal/etc/.

Now, I would like to have urls like this: /prefix-lang/here-starts.... As there will be a couple of country specific domains, this wille be like /ch-de/here-... for Switzerland/.ch domain, /us-en/here-starts.... for the states, and some more. So, when the url would be /ch-de/..., the LANGUAGE would still be de. Hope this is clear?

As the content is filled with existing LANGUAGES=(('de', 'DE'), ('en', 'EN'), ...), I cannot change LANGUAGES for every domain - no content would be found in the cms, modeltranslation, only to mention those two.

How can I prefix the language slug in i18n_patterns? Is it possible at all?

Solution

  • I think a way without hacking Django too much would be to use URL rewrite facility provided by the webserver you run, for example, for mod_wsgi you can use mod_rewrite, similar facility exists also for uWSGI.

    You may need to also post-process the output from Django to make sure that any links are also correctly re-written to follow the new schema. Not the cleanest approach but seems doable.