django-external-urls

Captures clicks on external links, and invokes a callback (signal).

Useful for tracking outbound links.

Requirements

• python >= 2.7
• django >= 1.8

Installation

pip install django-external-urls

Setup

• Add 'external_urls' to INSTALLED_APPS

  INSTALLED_APPS += ( 'external_urls', )
  

• Add external_urls to root urls

  urlpatterns = [
      url(r'', include('external_urls.urls')),
  ]
  

Usage

1. The templates can be used as follows:

   {% load external_urls %}
   {% external_url object.website %}
   {% external_url "http://example.com/" %}
   

2. Sends a Signal, external_link:

   from external_links.signals import external_click
   from django.dispatch import receiver
   
   @receiver(external_click)
   def my_callback(sender, url, ip):
       print("tracked click to {} from {}".format(url, ip))