id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
23563	Make `staticfiles_storage` a public API	Aymeric Augustin	Pablo Montepagano	"This is a follow-up ticket to #23506, focused on the part of the problem I believe we need to solve.

Django should provide a way to obtain the URL of static files other than the `{% static %}` template tag. I haven't found one in the docs.

I think the easiest solution is to make `django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.staticfiles_storage` a public API and document that it implements the file storage API, especially the [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/files/storage/#django.core.files.storage.Storage.url url] method."	Cleanup/optimization	closed	Documentation	1.7	Normal	fixed			Accepted	0	0	0	0	1	0