"Functions that help with dynamically creating decorators for views." def decorator_from_middleware(middleware_class): """ Given a middleware class (not an instance), returns a view decorator. This lets you use middleware functionality on a per-view basis. """ def _decorator_from_middleware(view_func, *args, **kwargs): middleware = middleware_class(*args, **kwargs) def _wrapped_view(request, *args, **kwargs): if hasattr(middleware, 'process_request'): result = middleware.process_request(request) if result is not None: return result if hasattr(middleware, 'process_view'): result = middleware.process_view(request, view_func, **kwargs) if result is not None: return result try: response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs) except Exception, e: if hasattr(middleware, 'process_exception'): result = middleware.process_exception(request, e) if result is not None: return result raise if hasattr(middleware, 'process_response'): result = middleware.process_response(request, response) if result is not None: return result return response return _wrapped_view return _decorator_from_middleware