Do not rely on dicts.merge to change target
Also make dicts.merge actually not touch target. This is much cleaner
than modifying in place, especially since we assign the result of the
dicts.merge call to target most of the time anyway.
Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier
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