django-template assign url to a variable

Question

How can I assign an url to a variable into a template? I've tried:

{% with url_news = url 'news'  %}

and

 {% with url 'news' as url_news %}

Alasdair · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-12 15:31:02Z

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Use the as option of the url tag

{% url 'news' as the_url %}
{% if the_url %}
<a href="{{ the_url }}">Link to optional stuff</a>
{% endif %}

Note that when you use this syntax, it will fail silently if the url can't be resolved.

answered May 31, 2013 at 9:17

Alasdair

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2 Comments

What about defining multiple urls?

@Clayton you can use the url tag multiple times, for example {% url 'first_view' as first_url %}{% url 'second_view' as second_url %}.