Added method on the object that allows you to access to the underlyin…

…g ArchivedURL object created by storytracker

urlarchivefield/fields.py

@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ def _get_archive_html(self):
             return self.read()
     archive_html = property(_get_archive_html)
 
+    def _get_archive_obj(self):
+        """
+        Returns a storytracker object by rebuilding it out of the archive.
+        """
+        return storytracker.ArchivedURL(
+            self.archive_url, 
+            self.archive_timestamp, 
+            self.archive_html
+        )
+    archive_obj = property(_get_archive_obj)
+
 
 class URLArchiveFileDescriptor(FileDescriptor):
     """

urlarchivefield/tests.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import six
 import shutil
 import tempfile
+import storytracker
 from django.db import models
 from datetime import datetime
 from django.test import TestCase
@@ -45,6 +46,13 @@ def test_archive(self):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(obj.archive.path))
         self.assertIsInstance(obj.archive.archive_url, six.string_types)
         self.assertIsInstance(obj.archive.archive_timestamp, datetime)
+        self.assertIsInstance(
+            obj.archive.archive_obj, storytracker.ArchivedURL
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            obj.archive.archive_html,
+            obj.archive.archive_obj.html
+        )
         obj.archive.archive_html
         obj.archive = self.url2
         obj.save()
@@ -67,6 +75,9 @@ def test_long_url(self):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(obj.archive.path))
         self.assertIsInstance(obj.archive.archive_url, six.string_types)
         self.assertIsInstance(obj.archive.archive_timestamp, datetime)
+        self.assertIsInstance(
+            obj.archive.archive_obj, storytracker.ArchivedURL
+        )
         obj.archive.archive_html
 
     def test_compress(self):