A Python function to render a django view file with optional template dict of parameters passed in. This output could then be passed to a more general layout file using template again. Based on Usage in Google App Engine

main.py

import os
from django.template import Template, Context
from google.appengine.ext.webapp import template

def render_view(view_name, template_dict = {}):
	path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), view_name)
	f = open(path, 'r')
	view_str = f.read()
	t = Template(view_str)
	return t.render(Context(template_dict))

# usage in webapp handler could look like:

class MainHandler(webapp.RequestHandler):
    def get(self):
		layout_values = {
			'view': render_view('index.html')
		}
		# template.render(path, template_values);
		path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'layout.html')
		self.response.out.write(template.render(path, layout_values))