1 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response

     2 from django.template import loader, RequestContext

     3 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, HttpResponseGone

     4 

     5 def direct_to_template(request, template, extra_context=None, mimetype=None, **kwargs):

     6     """

     7     Render a given template with any extra URL parameters in the context as

     8     ``{{ params }}``.

     9     """

    10     if extra_context is None: extra_context = {}

    11     dictionary = {'params': kwargs}

    12     for key, value in extra_context.items():

    13         if callable(value):

    14             dictionary[key] = value()

    15         else:

    16             dictionary[key] = value

    17     c = RequestContext(request, dictionary)

    18     t = loader.get_template(template)

    19     return HttpResponse(t.render(c), mimetype=mimetype)

    20 

    21 def redirect_to(request, url, **kwargs):

    22     """

    23     Redirect to a given URL.

    24 

    25     The given url may contain dict-style string formatting, which will be

    26     interpolated against the params in the URL.  For example, to redirect from

    27     ``/foo/<id>/`` to ``/bar/<id>/``, you could use the following URLconf::

    28 

    29         urlpatterns = patterns('',

    30             ('^foo/(?P<id>\d+)/$', 'django.views.generic.simple.redirect_to', {'url' : '/bar/%(id)s/'}),

    31         )

    32 

    33     If the given url is ``None``, a HttpResponseGone (410) will be issued.

    34     """

    35     if url is not None:

    36         return HttpResponsePermanentRedirect(url % kwargs)

    37     else:

    38         return HttpResponseGone()