Redirect slugs to blogposts

blog/middleware.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from django.http import Http404, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.urls import resolve
+
+
+class BlogRedirectMiddleware:
+    def __init__(self, get_response):
+        self.get_response = get_response
+
+    def __call__(self, request):
+        # Code to be executed for each request before
+        # the view (and later middleware) are called.
+
+        response = self.get_response(request)
+
+        # Check if the response is 404 and not a request for /blog/
+        if (response.status_code == 404 and
+                not (request.path.startswith('/blog/') or request.path.startswith('/media/'))):
+            new_path = f'/blog{request.path}'
+            try:
+                # Check if the new URL with /blog/ exists
+                resolve(new_path)
+                # Redirect to the new URL if it exists
+                return HttpResponseRedirect(new_path)
+            except Http404:
+                # If the new URL doesn't exist, return the original 404 response
+                pass
+
+        return response

iamkonstantin_web/settings/base.py

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
     "wagtail.contrib.redirects.middleware.RedirectMiddleware",
+    "blog.middleware.BlogRedirectMiddleware"
 ]
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = "iamkonstantin_web.urls"