from django.http import HttpResponse from django.template import loader, Context, RequestContext class ContentNotRenderedError(Exception): pass class SimpleTemplateResponse(HttpResponse): def __init__(self, template, context=None, mimetype=None, status=None, content_type=None): # It would seem obvious to call these next two members 'template' and # 'context', but those names are reserved as part of the test Client API. # To avoid the name collision, we use # tricky-to-debug problems self.template_name = template self.context_data = context # _is_rendered tracks whether the template and context has been baked into # a final response. self._is_rendered = False # content argument doesn't make sense here because it will be replaced # with rendered template so we always pass empty string in order to # prevent errors and provide shorter signature. super(SimpleTemplateResponse, self).__init__('', mimetype, status, content_type) def resolve_template(self, template): "Accepts a template object, path-to-template or list of paths" if isinstance(template, (list, tuple)): return loader.select_template(template) elif isinstance(template, basestring): return loader.get_template(template) else: return template def resolve_context(self, context): """Convert context data into a full Context object (assuming it isn't already a Context object). """ if isinstance(context, Context): return context else: return Context(context) @property def rendered_content(self): """Returns the freshly rendered content for the template and context described by the TemplateResponse. This *does not* set the final content of the response. To set the response content, you must either call render(), or set the content explicitly using the value of this property. """ template = self.resolve_template(self.template_name) context = self.resolve_context(self.context_data) content = template.render(context) return content def render(self): """Render (thereby finalizing) the content of the response. If the content has already been rendered, this is a no-op. Returns the baked response instance. """ if not self._is_rendered: self._set_content(self.rendered_content) return self is_rendered = property(lambda self: self._is_rendered) def __iter__(self): if not self._is_rendered: raise ContentNotRenderedError('The response content must be rendered before it can be iterated over.') return super(SimpleTemplateResponse, self).__iter__() def _get_content(self): if not self._is_rendered: raise ContentNotRenderedError('The response content must be rendered before it can be accessed.') return super(SimpleTemplateResponse, self)._get_content() def _set_content(self, value): "Overrides rendered content, unless you later call render()" super(SimpleTemplateResponse, self)._set_content(value) self._is_rendered = True content = property(_get_content, _set_content) class TemplateResponse(SimpleTemplateResponse): def __init__(self, request, template, context=None, mimetype=None, status=None, content_type=None): # self.request gets over-written by django.test.client.Client - and # unlike context_data and template_name the _request should not # be considered part of the public API. self._request = request super(TemplateResponse, self).__init__( template, context, mimetype, status, content_type) def resolve_context(self, context): """Convert context data into a full RequestContext object (assuming it isn't already a Context object). """ if isinstance(context, Context): return context else: return RequestContext(self._request, context)