From 5484b89e3a56491118e0f3528d69eb0f0c4da238 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Calum Andrew Morrell <calum@drulum.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:48:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added a class and path to redirect to original article.

---
 news/urls.py  |  4 +++-
 news/views.py | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/news/urls.py b/news/urls.py
index 5b37fbf..a023861 100644
--- a/news/urls.py
+++ b/news/urls.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.urls import path
 
-from .views import CategoryList, NewsItemDetail, NewsItemList, TagList
+from .views import (CategoryList, NewsItemDetail, NewsItemList,
+                    NewsItemRedirectView, TagList)
 
 app_name = "news"
 
@@ -11,4 +12,5 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path("tags/", TagList.as_view(), name="tags"),
     path("tags/<slug:tag>/", NewsItemList.as_view(), name="list_tag"),
     path("<slug:category>/<slug:slug>/", NewsItemDetail.as_view(), name="detail"),
+    path("origin/<str:origin_text>/", NewsItemRedirectView.as_view(), name="origin"),
 ]
diff --git a/news/views.py b/news/views.py
index ab950f5..0e5f579 100644
--- a/news/views.py
+++ b/news/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
-from django.views.generic import DetailView, ListView
+from django.views.generic import DetailView, ListView, RedirectView
 
 from .models import Category, NewsItem
 
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ class NewsItemList(ListView):
         return context
 
 
+class NewsItemRedirectView(RedirectView):
+    def get_redirect_url(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        url = get_object_or_404(NewsItem, origin_text=kwargs["origin_text"])
+        url.origin_times_followed += 1
+        url.save()
+        return url.origin_link
+
+
 class TagList(ListView):
     template_name = "news/tag_list.html"