diff --git a/apps/document_indexing/api.py b/apps/document_indexing/api.py
index 6837f2f9c7..4b3a40e075 100644
--- a/apps/document_indexing/api.py
+++ b/apps/document_indexing/api.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
 
 from documents.models import Document
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ from .filesystem import (fs_create_index_directory,
     fs_create_document_link, fs_delete_document_link,
     fs_delete_index_directory, fs_delete_directory_recusive,
     assemble_suffixed_filename)
+from .widgets import get_instance_link
+from .exceptions import MaxSuffixCountReached
 
 if SLUGIFY_PATHS == False:
     # Do not slugify path or filenames and extensions
@@ -25,10 +26,6 @@ else:
     SLUGIFY_FUNCTION = slugify
 
 
-class MaxSuffixCountReached(Exception):
-    pass
-
-
 # External functions
 def update_indexes(document):
     """
@@ -63,55 +60,6 @@ def delete_indexes(document):
     return warnings
 
 
-def get_instance_link(index_instance_node, text=None, simple=False):
-    """
-    Return an HTML anchor to an index instance
-    """
-
-    if simple:
-        # Just display the instance's value or overrided text, no
-        # HTML anchor
-        template = u'%(value)s'
-    else:
-        template = u'<a href="%(url)s">%(value)s</a>'
-
-    return template % {
-        'url': index_instance_node.get_absolute_url(),
-        'value': text if text else (index_instance_node if index_instance_node.parent else index_instance_node.index_template_node.index)
-    }
-
-
-def get_breadcrumbs(index_instance, simple=False, single_link=False, include_count=False):
-    """
-    Return a joined string of HTML anchors to every index instance's
-    parent from the root of the tree to the index instance
-    """
-    result = []
-    if single_link:
-        # Return the entire breadcrumb path as a single HTML anchor
-        simple = True
-
-    #result.append(get_instance_link(index_instance.get_root(), simple=simple))
-
-    for instance in index_instance.get_ancestors():
-        result.append(get_instance_link(instance, simple=simple))
-
-    result.append(get_instance_link(index_instance, simple=simple))
-
-    output = []
-
-    if include_count:
-        output.append(u'(%d)' % index_instance.documents.count())
-
-    if single_link:
-        # Return the entire breadcrumb path as a single HTML anchor
-        output.insert(0, get_instance_link(index_instance_node=index_instance, text=(u' / '.join(result))))
-        return mark_safe(u' '.join(output))
-    else:
-        output.insert(0, u' / '.join(result))
-        return mark_safe(u' '.join(output))
-
-
 def do_rebuild_all_indexes():
     fs_delete_directory_recusive()
     IndexInstanceNone.objects.delete()
diff --git a/apps/document_indexing/views.py b/apps/document_indexing/views.py
index bba139670f..2e3f02a57b 100644
--- a/apps/document_indexing/views.py
+++ b/apps/document_indexing/views.py
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ from acls.utils import apply_default_acls
 
 from .forms import IndexForm, IndexTemplateNodeForm
 from .models import (Index, IndexTemplateNode, IndexInstanceNode)
-from .api import (get_breadcrumbs, get_instance_link,
-    do_rebuild_all_indexes)
-from .widgets import index_instance_item_link
+from .api import do_rebuild_all_indexes
+from .widgets import (index_instance_item_link, get_instance_link,
+    get_breadcrumbs)
 from .permissions import (PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_INDEXING_VIEW,
     PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_INDEXING_REBUILD_INDEXES,
     PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_INDEXING_SETUP,
diff --git a/apps/document_indexing/widgets.py b/apps/document_indexing/widgets.py
index fd4629564a..4448c63e0b 100644
--- a/apps/document_indexing/widgets.py
+++ b/apps/document_indexing/widgets.py
@@ -22,3 +22,52 @@ def index_instance_item_link(index_instance_item):
         'icon_template': icon_template,
         'text': index_instance_item
     })
+
+
+def get_instance_link(index_instance_node, text=None, simple=False):
+    """
+    Return an HTML anchor to an index instance
+    """
+
+    if simple:
+        # Just display the instance's value or overrided text, no
+        # HTML anchor
+        template = u'%(value)s'
+    else:
+        template = u'<a href="%(url)s">%(value)s</a>'
+
+    return template % {
+        'url': index_instance_node.get_absolute_url(),
+        'value': text if text else (index_instance_node if index_instance_node.parent else index_instance_node.index_template_node.index)
+    }
+
+
+def get_breadcrumbs(index_instance, simple=False, single_link=False, include_count=False):
+    """
+    Return a joined string of HTML anchors to every index instance's
+    parent from the root of the tree to the index instance
+    """
+    result = []
+    if single_link:
+        # Return the entire breadcrumb path as a single HTML anchor
+        simple = True
+
+    #result.append(get_instance_link(index_instance.get_root(), simple=simple))
+
+    for instance in index_instance.get_ancestors():
+        result.append(get_instance_link(instance, simple=simple))
+
+    result.append(get_instance_link(index_instance, simple=simple))
+
+    output = []
+
+    if include_count:
+        output.append(u'(%d)' % index_instance.documents.count())
+
+    if single_link:
+        # Return the entire breadcrumb path as a single HTML anchor
+        output.insert(0, get_instance_link(index_instance_node=index_instance, text=(u' / '.join(result))))
+        return mark_safe(u' '.join(output))
+    else:
+        output.insert(0, u' / '.join(result))
+        return mark_safe(u' '.join(output))