Django app for internal aliases

admin.py

from alias.models import Alias
from django.contrib import admin

class AliasAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
	list_display = ('path', 'target')

admin.site.register(Alias, AliasAdmin)

middleware.py

from alias.models import Alias

class AliasMiddleware(object):
	def process_request(self, request):
		try:
			alias = Alias.objects.get(path=request.path)
			request.path = alias.target
			request.path_info = alias.target
		except Alias.DoesNotExist:
			pass
			
		return None

models.py

from django.db import models

class Alias(models.Model):
	path = models.CharField(max_length=255)
	target = models.CharField(max_length=255)

	def __unicode__(self):
		return '%s -> %s' % (self.path, self.target)