from django.http import HttpResponse from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404 from django.template import loader, Context from .models import Person def get_person(request, pk): person = get_object_or_404(Person, pk=pk) return HttpResponse(person.name) def no_template_used(request): template = loader.get_template_from_string("This is a string-based template") return HttpResponse(template.render(Context({})))