render_to_response and HTTP status codes other than 200
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chefsmart
Dec 4, 2009, 3:37:41 AM12/4/09
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According to the docs at http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/shortcuts/#render-to-response
the render_to_response shortcut "Renders a given template with a given
context dictionary and returns an HttpResponse object with that
rendered text."
The HttpResponse object have a default status=200 (http://
docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/request-response/#id3)
How can I use the render_to_response to return HTTP status codes other
than 200?
Can render_to_response return HttpResponse subclasses like
HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseForbidden etc instead of the simple
HttpResponse?
the render_to_response shortcut "Renders a given template with a given
context dictionary and returns an HttpResponse object with that
rendered text."
The HttpResponse object have a default status=200 (http://
docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/request-response/#id3)
How can I use the render_to_response to return HTTP status codes other
than 200?
Can render_to_response return HttpResponse subclasses like
HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseForbidden etc instead of the simple
HttpResponse?
Daniel Roseman
Dec 4, 2009, 5:51:25 AM12/4/09
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On Dec 4, 8:37 am, chefsmart <moran.cors...@gmail.com> wrote:
> According to the docs athttp://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/shortcuts/#render-to...
HttpResponse and HttpResponseForbidden is the status_code, so you can
just set the status_code attribute on the result of render_to_response
(which is an HttpResponse) to whatever you want.
However, I can't for the life of me think why you'd want to do this.
render_to_response is used, as the name implies, to render a template
and return it as an HttpResponse. In the case of 404 and 301 etc you
don't need a template, surely.
--
DR.
> According to the docs athttp://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/shortcuts/#render-to...
> the render_to_response shortcut "Renders a given template with a given
> context dictionary and returns an HttpResponse object with that
> rendered text."
>
> The HttpResponse object have a default status=200 (http://
> docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/request-response/#id3)
>
> How can I use the render_to_response to return HTTP status codes other
> than 200?
>
> Can render_to_response return HttpResponse subclasses like
> HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseForbidden etc instead of the simple
> HttpResponse?
You can, if you really want to. The only difference between
> context dictionary and returns an HttpResponse object with that
> rendered text."
>
> The HttpResponse object have a default status=200 (http://
> docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/request-response/#id3)
>
> How can I use the render_to_response to return HTTP status codes other
> than 200?
>
> Can render_to_response return HttpResponse subclasses like
> HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseForbidden etc instead of the simple
> HttpResponse?
HttpResponse and HttpResponseForbidden is the status_code, so you can
just set the status_code attribute on the result of render_to_response
(which is an HttpResponse) to whatever you want.
However, I can't for the life of me think why you'd want to do this.
render_to_response is used, as the name implies, to render a template
and return it as an HttpResponse. In the case of 404 and 301 etc you
don't need a template, surely.
--
DR.
chefsmart
Dec 4, 2009, 6:34:13 AM12/4/09
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Yeah it's a twisted idea, but I'm going to use it for informative 403
405 pages.
405 pages.
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