add url function for resource refs #29848

README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pod_client.videos.get()
 pod_client.videos.get(resource_id=1)
 ```
 
-Example to send a video
+Example to send a video (VIDEO_PATH is the path of the video to upload):
 ```
 pod_client = PodClient(HOST, API_KEY)
 

pod_client/resource.py

@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ class Resource:
             raise Exception('Resource url not supported')
 
     def _request(self, method='GET', resource_id=None, headers={}, params={}, data={}, **request_params):
-        url = '%s/%s/' % (self.host_url, API_URLS[self.name])
-        if resource_id:
-            url = '%s%s/' % (url, resource_id)
+        url = self.url(resource_id)
         headers['Authorization'] = 'Token %s' % self.api_key
         try:
             response = requests.request(method, url, headers=headers, params=params, data=data, **request_params)
@@ -67,6 +65,12 @@ class Resource:
             return
         return response
 
+    def url(self, resource_id=None):
+        url = '%s/%s/' % (self.host_url, API_URLS[self.name])
+        if resource_id:
+            url = '%s%s/' % (url, resource_id)
+        return url
+
     def get(self, resource_id=None, data=None, **request_params):
         return self._request('GET', resource_id=resource_id, params=data, **request_params)
 

tests/test_resource.py

@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ class ResourceTest(TestCase):
             success = False
         self.assertFalse(success)
 
+    def test_url(self):
+        for resource_name in API_URLS:
+            resource = Resource(HOST, API_KEY, resource_name)
+            url = '%s/%s/' % (resource.host_url, API_URLS[resource_name])
+            url_with_resource = url + '1/'
+            self.assertEqual(resource.url(), url)
+            self.assertEqual(resource.url(1), url_with_resource)
+
     def test_get(self):
         for resource_name in API_URLS:
             resource = Resource(HOST, API_KEY, resource_name)