Ticket #12669: direct_to_template.diff

django/views/generic/simple.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
 from django.template import loader, RequestContext
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, HttpResponseGone
 
-def direct_to_template(request, template, extra_context=None, mimetype=None, **kwargs):
+def direct_to_template(request, template, extra_context=None, mimetype=None, response=HttpResponse, **kwargs):
     """
     Render a given template with any extra URL parameters in the context as
     ``{{ params }}``.
@@ -15 +15 @@
             dictionary[key] = value
     c = RequestContext(request, dictionary)
     t = loader.get_template(template)
-    return HttpResponse(t.render(c), mimetype=mimetype)
+    return response(t.render(c), mimetype=mimetype)
 
 def redirect_to(request, url, permanent=True, **kwargs):
     """

docs/ref/generic-views.txt

@@ -50 +50 @@
     * ``mimetype``: The MIME type to use for the resulting document. Defaults
       to the value of the ``DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE`` setting.
 
+    * ``response``: The ``HttpResponse`` class to return. Defaults to the
+      ``HttpResponse`` class.
+
 **Example:**
 
 Given the following URL patterns::
@@ -57 +60 @@
     urlpatterns = patterns('django.views.generic.simple',
         (r'^foo/$',             'direct_to_template', {'template': 'foo_index.html'}),
         (r'^foo/(?P<id>\d+)/$', 'direct_to_template', {'template': 'foo_detail.html'}),
+        (r'^foo/bar/$',         'direct_to_template', {'template': 'foo_forbidden.html', 'response': HttpResponseForbidden}),
     )
 
 ... a request to ``/foo/`` would render the template ``foo_index.html``, and a
 request to ``/foo/15/`` would render the ``foo_detail.html`` with a context
-variable ``{{ params.id }}`` that is set to ``15``.
+variable ``{{ params.id }}`` that is set to ``15``. A request to ``/foo/bar/``
+would render the ``foo_forbidden.html`` with a 403 status code.
 
 ``django.views.generic.simple.redirect_to``
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