Django reverse() for JavaScript

Question

In my project I have a lot of Ajax methods, with external client-side scripts (I don't want to include JavaScript into templates!) and changing URLs is kind of pain for me because I need to change URLs in my Ajax calls manually.

Is there is some way to emulate the behavior of {% url %} templatetag in JavaScript?

For example, print urlpatterns starting with ^ajax and later in scripts replace patterns with their actual values?

That's what on my mind, and my question is - are there any common practices to do things like that? Maybe some reusable applications? Also I will be happy to read any advices and relevant thoughts you have.

Update 1: I'm talking about computed URLs, not static ones:

url(r'^ajax/delete/(?Pimage|audio)/(?P\d+)/from/set/(?P\d+)/$', 'blog.ajax.remove_item_from_set'),

user_8893667 · Answer

I have found this cool django app called Django JS reverse

https://github.com/ierror/django-js-reverse

If you have a url like

url(r'^/betterliving/(?P[-\w]+)/(?P\d+)/$', 'get_house', name='betterliving_get_house'),

Then you do

Urls.betterliving_get_house('house', 12)

The result is

/betterliving/house/12/

Django reverse() for JavaScript

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