Fixed #23276 -- Deprecated passing views as strings to url().

django/conf/urls/__init__.py

@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ def url(regex, view, kwargs=None, name=None, prefix=''):
         return RegexURLResolver(regex, urlconf_module, kwargs, app_name=app_name, namespace=namespace)
     else:
         if isinstance(view, six.string_types):
+            warnings.warn(
+                'Support for string view arguments to url() is deprecated and '
+                'will be removed in Django 2.0 (got %s). Pass the callable '
+                'instead.' % view,
+                RemovedInDjango20Warning, stacklevel=2
+            )
             if not view:
                 raise ImproperlyConfigured('Empty URL pattern view name not permitted (for pattern %r)' % regex)
             if prefix:

django/conf/urls/i18n.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 from django.core.urlresolvers import LocaleRegexURLResolver
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango20Warning
+from django.views.i18n import set_language
 
 
 def i18n_patterns(prefix, *args):
@@ -30,5 +31,5 @@ def i18n_patterns(prefix, *args):
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r'^setlang/$', 'django.views.i18n.set_language', name='set_language'),
+    url(r'^setlang/$', set_language, name='set_language'),
 ]

django/conf/urls/static.py

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import re
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+from django.views.static import serve
 
 
-def static(prefix, view='django.views.static.serve', **kwargs):
+def static(prefix, view=serve, **kwargs):
     """
     Helper function to return a URL pattern for serving files in debug mode.
 

django/contrib/auth/tests/urls.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.auth import context_processors
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm
 from django.contrib.auth.urls import urlpatterns
-from django.contrib.auth.views import password_reset, login
+from django.contrib.auth import views
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.contrib.messages.api import info
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpRequest
@@ -67,29 +67,29 @@ def userpage(request):
 
 
 def custom_request_auth_login(request):
-    return login(request, authentication_form=CustomRequestAuthenticationForm)
+    return views.login(request, authentication_form=CustomRequestAuthenticationForm)
 
 # special urls for auth test cases
 urlpatterns += [
-    url(r'^logout/custom_query/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.logout', dict(redirect_field_name='follow')),
-    url(r'^logout/next_page/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.logout', dict(next_page='/somewhere/')),
-    url(r'^logout/next_page/named/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.logout', dict(next_page='password_reset')),
+    url(r'^logout/custom_query/$', views.logout, dict(redirect_field_name='follow')),
+    url(r'^logout/next_page/$', views.logout, dict(next_page='/somewhere/')),
+    url(r'^logout/next_page/named/$', views.logout, dict(next_page='password_reset')),
     url(r'^remote_user/$', remote_user_auth_view),
-    url(r'^password_reset_from_email/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset', dict(from_email='staffmember@example.com')),
-    url(r'^password_reset/custom_redirect/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset', dict(post_reset_redirect='/custom/')),
-    url(r'^password_reset/custom_redirect/named/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset', dict(post_reset_redirect='password_reset')),
-    url(r'^password_reset/html_email_template/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset', dict(html_email_template_name='registration/html_password_reset_email.html')),
+    url(r'^password_reset_from_email/$', views.password_reset, dict(from_email='staffmember@example.com')),
+    url(r'^password_reset/custom_redirect/$', views.password_reset, dict(post_reset_redirect='/custom/')),
+    url(r'^password_reset/custom_redirect/named/$', views.password_reset, dict(post_reset_redirect='password_reset')),
+    url(r'^password_reset/html_email_template/$', views.password_reset, dict(html_email_template_name='registration/html_password_reset_email.html')),
     url(r'^reset/custom/(?P<uidb64>[0-9A-Za-z_\-]+)/(?P<token>[0-9A-Za-z]{1,13}-[0-9A-Za-z]{1,20})/$',
-        'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_confirm',
+        views.password_reset_confirm,
         dict(post_reset_redirect='/custom/')),
     url(r'^reset/custom/named/(?P<uidb64>[0-9A-Za-z_\-]+)/(?P<token>[0-9A-Za-z]{1,13}-[0-9A-Za-z]{1,20})/$',
-        'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_confirm',
+        views.password_reset_confirm,
         dict(post_reset_redirect='password_reset')),
-    url(r'^password_change/custom/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_change', dict(post_change_redirect='/custom/')),
-    url(r'^password_change/custom/named/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_change', dict(post_change_redirect='password_reset')),
-    url(r'^admin_password_reset/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset', dict(is_admin_site=True)),
-    url(r'^login_required/$', login_required(password_reset)),
-    url(r'^login_required_login_url/$', login_required(password_reset, login_url='/somewhere/')),
+    url(r'^password_change/custom/$', views.password_change, dict(post_change_redirect='/custom/')),
+    url(r'^password_change/custom/named/$', views.password_change, dict(post_change_redirect='password_reset')),
+    url(r'^admin_password_reset/$', views.password_reset, dict(is_admin_site=True)),
+    url(r'^login_required/$', login_required(views.password_reset)),
+    url(r'^login_required_login_url/$', login_required(views.password_reset, login_url='/somewhere/')),
 
     url(r'^auth_processor_no_attr_access/$', auth_processor_no_attr_access),
     url(r'^auth_processor_attr_access/$', auth_processor_attr_access),

django/contrib/staticfiles/urls.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls.static import static
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.views import serve
 
 urlpatterns = []
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ def staticfiles_urlpatterns(prefix=None):
     """
     if prefix is None:
         prefix = settings.STATIC_URL
-    return static(prefix, view='django.contrib.staticfiles.views.serve')
+    return static(prefix, view=serve)
 
 # Only append if urlpatterns are empty
 if settings.DEBUG and not urlpatterns:

django/contrib/staticfiles/views.py

@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ def serve(request, path, insecure=False, **kwargs):
 
     To use, put a URL pattern such as::
 
-        (r'^(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.contrib.staticfiles.views.serve')
+        from django.contrib.staticfiles import views
+
+        url(r'^(?P<path>.*)$', views.serve)
 
     in your URLconf.
 

django/views/static.py

@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ def serve(request, path, document_root=None, show_indexes=False):
 
     To use, put a URL pattern such as::
 
-        (r'^(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': '/path/to/my/files/'})
+        from django.views.static import serve
+
+        url(r'^(?P<path>.*)$', serve, {'document_root': '/path/to/my/files/'})
 
     in your URLconf. You must provide the ``document_root`` param. You may
     also set ``show_indexes`` to ``True`` if you'd like to serve a basic index