Tooltron

import re

from django.conf import settings

from django.conf.urls import patterns, url

from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured

def static(prefix, view='django.views.static.serve', **kwargs):

    """

    Helper function to return a URL pattern for serving files in debug mode.

    from django.conf import settings

    from django.conf.urls.static import static

    urlpatterns = patterns('',

        # ... the rest of your URLconf goes here ...

    ) + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

    """

    # No-op if not in debug mode or an non-local prefix

    if not settings.DEBUG or (prefix and '://' in prefix):

        return []

    elif not prefix:

        raise ImproperlyConfigured("Empty static prefix not permitted")

    return patterns('',

        url(r'^%s(?P<path>.*)$' % re.escape(prefix.lstrip('/')), view, kwargs=kwargs),

    )