Dotted path to the views in URL patterns is changed to a params parameter.
This change makes the URL mapping from URL to View method in patterns generic
where the base package path is taken from the params['module_package'] value
to support module system of Melange where inherited View classes override the
params['module_package'] value to specify their own View methods.
from django.contrib.syndication import feeds
from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
def feed(request, url, feed_dict=None):
if not feed_dict:
raise Http404, "No feeds are registered."
try:
slug, param = url.split('/', 1)
except ValueError:
slug, param = url, ''
try:
f = feed_dict[slug]
except KeyError:
raise Http404, "Slug %r isn't registered." % slug
try:
feedgen = f(slug, request).get_feed(param)
except feeds.FeedDoesNotExist:
raise Http404, "Invalid feed parameters. Slug %r is valid, but other parameters, or lack thereof, are not." % slug
response = HttpResponse(mimetype=feedgen.mime_type)
feedgen.write(response, 'utf-8')
return response