Question

In Django, is it possible to have two different files with url patterns, neither of which is called urls.py ? Or does Django rely on there being only one set of url patterns per Django app, and that it must be called urls.py ?

I’m using Django CMS and I want to split an app across two apphooks and two menus. So I’ve tried splitting urls.py into pub_urls.py and train_urls.py but I appear to have broken things by doing that, despite the cms_app.py naming the correct urls – eg:

from cms.app_base import CMSApp
from cms.apphook_pool import apphook_pool
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
from resources.menu import TrainingMenu, PublicationMenu

class PublicationApp(CMSApp):
    name = _("Publication App") # give your app a name, this is required
    urls = ["resources.pub_urls"] # link your app to url configuration(s)
    menus = [PublicationMenu]

class TrainingApp(CMSApp):
    name = _("Training App") # give your app a name, this is required
    urls = ["resources.train_urls"] # link your app to url configuration(s)
    menus = [TrainingMenu]

apphook_pool.register(PublicationApp) # register your app
apphook_pool.register(TrainingApp) # register your app

Is something like this possible? Or do I have to split this into two different apps?

Answer 1

There is nothing to stop your urls.py simply acting as a way of including multiple other urls files:

urls.py:

from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, include   
urlpatterns = urlpatterns + patterns('',
                                         (r'^', include('pub_urls')),
                                         (r'^', include('train_urls')))

pub_urls.py:

from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^$', 'homeview'),
    (r'^stuff/$', 'stuffview')
)

etc.

ROOT_URLCONF in your settings file points to the root url file.