Fixed #12816 -- Added a render() shortcut.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@15008 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/shortcuts/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ of MVC. In other words, these functions/classes introduce controlled coupling
 for convenience's sake.
 """
 
-from django.template import loader
+from django.template import loader, RequestContext
 from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponsePermanentRedirect
 from django.db.models.manager import Manager
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ def render_to_response(*args, **kwargs):
     httpresponse_kwargs = {'mimetype': kwargs.pop('mimetype', None)}
     return HttpResponse(loader.render_to_string(*args, **kwargs), **httpresponse_kwargs)
 
+def render(request, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Returns a HttpResponse whose content is filled with the result of calling
+    django.template.loader.render_to_string() with the passed arguments.
+    Uses a RequestContext by default.
+    """
+    httpresponse_kwargs = {'mimetype': kwargs.pop('mimetype', None)}
+    kwargs['context_instance'] = kwargs.get('context_instance', RequestContext(request))
+    return HttpResponse(loader.render_to_string(*args, **kwargs),
+                        **httpresponse_kwargs)
+
 def redirect(to, *args, **kwargs):
     """
     Returns an HttpResponseRedirect to the apropriate URL for the arguments
@@ -102,3 +113,4 @@ def get_list_or_404(klass, *args, **kwargs):
     if not obj_list:
         raise Http404('No %s matches the given query.' % queryset.model._meta.object_name)
     return obj_list
+

docs/releases/1.3.txt

@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ requests. These include:
       making it easier to write simple template tags that require
       access to template context.
 
+    * A new :meth:`~django.shortcuts.render()` shortcut -- an
+      alternative to :meth:`~django.shortcuts.render_to_response()`
+      providing a :class:`~django.template.RequestContext` by
+      default.
+
 .. _HTTPOnly: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/HTTPOnly
 
 .. _backwards-incompatible-changes-1.3:

docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt

@@ -12,6 +12,70 @@ The package ``django.shortcuts`` collects helper functions and classes that
 "span" multiple levels of MVC. In other words, these functions/classes
 introduce controlled coupling for convenience's sake.
 
+``render``
+==========
+
+.. function:: render(request, template[, dictionary][, context_instance][, mimetype])
+
+   Combines a given template with a given context dictionary and returns an
+   :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` object with that rendered text.
+
+   :func:`render()` is the same as a call to
+   :func:`render_to_response()` with a context_instance argument that
+   that forces the use of a :class:`RequestContext`.
+
+Required arguments
+------------------
+
+``request``
+    The request object used to generate this response.
+
+``template``
+    The full name of a template to use or sequence of template names.
+
+Optional arguments
+------------------
+
+``dictionary``
+    A dictionary of values to add to the template context. By default, this
+    is an empty dictionary. If a value in the dictionary is callable, the
+    view will call it just before rendering the template.
+
+``context_instance``
+    The context instance to render the template with. By default, the template
+    will be rendered with a ``RequestContext`` instance (filled with values from
+    ``request`` and ```dictionary``).
+
+``mimetype``
+    The MIME type to use for the resulting document. Defaults to the value of
+    the :setting:`DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE` setting.
+
+Example
+-------
+
+The following example renders the template ``myapp/index.html`` with the
+MIME type ``application/xhtml+xml``::
+
+    from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
+
+    def my_view(request):
+        # View code here...
+        return render_to_response('myapp/index.html', {"foo": "bar"},
+            mimetype="application/xhtml+xml")
+
+This example is equivalent to::
+
+    from django.http import HttpResponse
+    from django.template import Context, loader
+
+    def my_view(request):
+        # View code here...
+        t = loader.get_template('myapp/template.html')
+        c = RequestContext(request, {'foo': 'bar'})
+        return HttpResponse(t.render(c),
+            mimetype="application/xhtml+xml")
+
+
 ``render_to_response``
 ======================
 

tests/regressiontests/views/templates/debug/render_test.html

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{{ foo }}.{{ bar }}.{{ baz }}.{{ processors }}
+{{ foo }}.{{ bar }}.{{ baz }}.{{ STATIC_URL }}

tests/regressiontests/views/tests/__init__.py

@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ from generic.date_based import *
 from generic.object_list import *
 from generic.simple import *
 from i18n import *
+from shortcuts import *
 from specials import *
 from static import *

tests/regressiontests/views/tests/shortcuts.py

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+class ShortcutTests(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.old_STATIC_URL = settings.STATIC_URL
+        self.old_TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = settings.TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS
+
+        settings.STATIC_URL = '/path/to/static/media'
+        settings.TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
+            'django.core.context_processors.static'
+        )
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        settings.STATIC_URL = self.old_STATIC_URL
+        settings.TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = self.old_TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS
+
+    def test_render_to_response(self):
+        response = self.client.get('/views/shortcuts/render_to_response/')
+        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEquals(response.content, 'FOO.BAR..\n')
+        self.assertEquals(response['Content-Type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
+
+    def test_render_to_response_with_request_context(self):
+        response = self.client.get('/views/shortcuts/render_to_response/request_context/')
+        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEquals(response.content, 'FOO.BAR../path/to/static/media\n')
+        self.assertEquals(response['Content-Type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
+
+    def test_render_to_response_with_mimetype(self):
+        response = self.client.get('/views/shortcuts/render_to_response/mimetype/')
+        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEquals(response.content, 'FOO.BAR..\n')
+        self.assertEquals(response['Content-Type'], 'application/x-rendertest')
+
+    def test_render(self):
+        response = self.client.get('/views/shortcuts/render/')
+        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEquals(response.content, 'FOO.BAR../path/to/static/media\n')
+        self.assertEquals(response['Content-Type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
+
+    def test_render_with_base_context(self):
+        response = self.client.get('/views/shortcuts/render/base_context/')
+        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEquals(response.content, 'FOO.BAR..\n')
+        self.assertEquals(response['Content-Type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
+
+    def test_render_with_mimetype(self):
+        response = self.client.get('/views/shortcuts/render/mimetype/')
+        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEquals(response.content, 'FOO.BAR../path/to/static/media\n')
+        self.assertEquals(response['Content-Type'], 'application/x-rendertest')
+

tests/regressiontests/views/urls.py

@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ urlpatterns += patterns('django.views.generic.simple',
 urlpatterns += patterns('regressiontests.views.views',
     url(r'view_exception/(?P<n>\d+)/$', 'view_exception', name='view_exception'),
     url(r'template_exception/(?P<n>\d+)/$', 'template_exception', name='template_exception'),
+
+    (r'^shortcuts/render_to_response/$', 'render_to_response_view'),
+    (r'^shortcuts/render_to_response/request_context/$', 'render_to_response_view_with_request_context'),
+    (r'^shortcuts/render_to_response/mimetype/$', 'render_to_response_view_with_mimetype'),
+    (r'^shortcuts/render/$', 'render_view'),
+    (r'^shortcuts/render/base_context/$', 'render_view_with_base_context'),
+    (r'^shortcuts/render/mimetype/$', 'render_view_with_mimetype'),
+
 )
 
 # simple generic views.

tests/regressiontests/views/views.py

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import sys
 
-from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django import forms
+from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.core.urlresolvers import get_resolver
+from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, render
+from django.template import Context, RequestContext
 from django.views.debug import technical_500_response
 from django.views.generic.create_update import create_object
-from django.core.urlresolvers import get_resolver
-from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 
 from regressiontests.views import BrokenException, except_args
 
@@ -57,3 +58,40 @@ def template_exception(request, n):
     return render_to_response('debug/template_exception.html',
         {'arg': except_args[int(n)]})
 
+# Some views to exercise the shortcuts
+
+def render_to_response_view(request):
+    return render_to_response('debug/render_test.html', {
+        'foo': 'FOO',
+        'bar': 'BAR',
+    })
+
+def render_to_response_view_with_request_context(request):
+    return render_to_response('debug/render_test.html', {
+        'foo': 'FOO',
+        'bar': 'BAR',
+    }, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+
+def render_to_response_view_with_mimetype(request):
+    return render_to_response('debug/render_test.html', {
+        'foo': 'FOO',
+        'bar': 'BAR',
+    }, mimetype='application/x-rendertest')
+
+def render_view(request):
+    return render(request, 'debug/render_test.html', {
+        'foo': 'FOO',
+        'bar': 'BAR',
+    })
+
+def render_view_with_base_context(request):
+    return render(request, 'debug/render_test.html', {
+        'foo': 'FOO',
+        'bar': 'BAR',
+    }, context_instance=Context())
+
+def render_view_with_mimetype(request):
+    return render(request, 'debug/render_test.html', {
+        'foo': 'FOO',
+        'bar': 'BAR',
+    }, mimetype='application/x-rendertest')