Fixed typo in e-mail address
Instead of 'sverre@rabbelier.nl' everything read 'sverer@rabbelier.nl'
from django.template import loader, RequestContext
from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, HttpResponseGone
def direct_to_template(request, template, extra_context=None, mimetype=None, **kwargs):
"""
Render a given template with any extra URL parameters in the context as
``{{ params }}``.
"""
if extra_context is None: extra_context = {}
dictionary = {'params': kwargs}
for key, value in extra_context.items():
if callable(value):
dictionary[key] = value()
else:
dictionary[key] = value
c = RequestContext(request, dictionary)
t = loader.get_template(template)
return HttpResponse(t.render(c), mimetype=mimetype)
def redirect_to(request, url, **kwargs):
"""
Redirect to a given URL.
The given url may contain dict-style string formatting, which will be
interpolated against the params in the URL. For example, to redirect from
``/foo/<id>/`` to ``/bar/<id>/``, you could use the following URLconf::
urlpatterns = patterns('',
('^foo/(?P<id>\d+)/$', 'django.views.generic.simple.redirect_to', {'url' : '/bar/%(id)s/'}),
)
If the given url is ``None``, a HttpResponseGone (410) will be issued.
"""
if url is not None:
return HttpResponsePermanentRedirect(url % kwargs)
else:
return HttpResponseGone()