tornado hack static url in template html

gistfile1.py

def static_url_patch():

    from tornado.template  import Template
    old_generate = Template.generate
    def hack_generate(self,**kwargs):
        t = old_generate(self,**kwargs)
        import re
        print "hack generate"
        t = re.sub(r'(?<=[\'|"])/static/',r'http://example.com/static/',t)
        return t

    tornado.template.Template.generate = hack_generate

static_url_patch()