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Django TemplateView with support for returning HttpResponse in get_context_data()
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.views import generic
class TemplateView(generic.TemplateView):
"""
Exactly like Django's TemplateView, but adds support for returning an
HttpResponse in get_context_data
"""
def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
context_or_response = self.get_context_data(**kwargs)
if isinstance(context_or_response, HttpResponse):
return context_or_response
else:
return self.render_to_response(context_or_response)
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