django-static-hashes

Output files containing hashes of when static files were last updated.

Installing

1. Run pip install git+https://github.com/marinko-peso/django-static-hashes.git
2. Add 'static_hashes' to INSTALLED APPS
3. Add the following to your settings:

STATIC_HASHES_STATIC_DIRS = ... #list of folders containing static files you want to get hashes for
STATIC_HASHES_OUTPUT_DIR = ... #path/to/output/javascript/and/json

Create the hashes

1. Run manage.py collect_static_hashes. This may take some time.
2. Take a look at the files defined in STATIC_HASHES_OUTPUT_DIR

Use the hashes in the browser

1. Add {% load static_hashes_tags %} to your template
2. Add {% get_static_hashes %} to your template
3. In javascript you can now acess hashes.

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