Thanks guys. It appears using URLField is the best answer here. It automatically prepends http:// if the url doesn't include that.
On Feb 27, 7:27 pm, Prabhu <prabhu.subraman...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you use URLField it should do the trick. Just prefix http:// if it > doesn't exist already using javascript. > > On Feb 26, 9:37 pm, russianbandit <russianban...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This is a fairly general question, but what is the best way to handle > > and verify user entry of external urls? For example, if the user types > > in "google.com", django will try to render "http://localhost:8000/ > > users/google.com". That is obviously not what I want. I know that if > > the user types in "http://google.com"; the request will be forwarded > > correctly to Google. Thus my question is, what is the right/best way > > to handle user input of external urls? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
