app/django/views/defaults.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <sverre@rabbelier.nl>
Fri, 15 May 2009 23:05:13 +0200
changeset 2319 3eee2308f1dd
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Do not rely on notifiction module being imported This has worked so far mostly by accident, but it turned out to be brittle while writing tests. This makes sure that the notification module is always imported before use.

from django import http
from django.template import Context, RequestContext, loader

def page_not_found(request, template_name='404.html'):
    """
    Default 404 handler.

    Templates: `404.html`
    Context:
        request_path
            The path of the requested URL (e.g., '/app/pages/bad_page/')
    """
    t = loader.get_template(template_name) # You need to create a 404.html template.
    return http.HttpResponseNotFound(t.render(RequestContext(request, {'request_path': request.path})))

def server_error(request, template_name='500.html'):
    """
    500 error handler.

    Templates: `500.html`
    Context: None
    """
    t = loader.get_template(template_name) # You need to create a 500.html template.
    return http.HttpResponseServerError(t.render(Context({})))

def shortcut(request, content_type_id, object_id):
    # TODO: Remove this in Django 2.0.
    # This is a legacy view that depends on the contenttypes framework.
    # The core logic was moved to django.contrib.contenttypes.views after
    # Django 1.0, but this remains here for backwards compatibility.
    # Note that the import is *within* this function, rather than being at
    # module level, because we don't want to assume people have contenttypes
    # installed.
    from django.contrib.contenttypes.views import shortcut as real_shortcut
    return real_shortcut(request, content_type_id, object_id)