[Django]-URL and database routing based on language

I managed to figure this out. First of all you need to read the docs: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/i18n/translation/

@1 – I wrote my own middleware based on http://djangosnippets.org/snippets/2037/ (it’s crucial to put this middleware as the first one in the MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES list)

import threading
from django.http import Http404
from django.conf import settings

request_cfg = threading.local()


class RouterMiddleware(object):
    def process_view(self, request, view_func, view_args, view_kwargs):
        lang = request.LANGUAGE_CODE
        if lang in settings.LANGUAGES:
            request_cfg.lang = lang
        else:
            raise Http404()

    def process_response(self, request, response):
        if hasattr(request_cfg, 'lang'):
            del request_cfg.lang
        return response


class DatabaseRouter(object):
    def _default_db(self):
        if hasattr(request_cfg, 'lang') and request_cfg.lang in settings.DATABASES:
            return request_cfg.lang
        else:
            return 'default'

    def db_for_read(self, model, **hints):
        return self._default_db()

    def db_for_write(self, model, **hints):
        return self._default_db()

@2 – Can be accessed using request.LANGUAGE_CODE

@3 – It’s explained in docs: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/i18n/translation/#internationalization-in-url-patterns