Sort of works now

links/views.py

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+from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
+from django.http import Http404
+from .models import Link, LinkForm
+from urlparse import urlparse
+
+def catchall(request, id):
+    try:
+      link = Link.objects.get(id=id)
+      return redirect(link.url)
+    except:
+      parsed = urlparse(id)
+      if parsed.netloc:
+        link = Link(url=id)
+        link.save();
+        context = {'form': LinkForm}
+        context['short_url'] = "http://" + str(request.get_host()) + "/" + str(link.id)
+        return render(request, 'index.html', context)
+    raise Http404("Link does not exist")
+
+def home(request):
+  context = {'form': LinkForm}
+  if 'link' in request.POST:
+    link = Link(link=request.POST['url'])
+    link.save();
+    context['short_url'] = "http://" + str(request.get_host()) + "/" + str(link.id)
+  return render(request, 'index.html', context)