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Ken
Ken

Reputation: 31161

String from Django template, but without returning a HTTPResponse

I have a query set whose objects I'd like to use to populate a template. One view I have ends with

return render_to_response('entry.json', {'entry_list':r}, mimetype="application/json; charset=utf-8")

However I'd like to be able to serialise to json with a template like this without having to return a HTTPResponse. In pseudocode, this might be:

render('entry.json', {'entry_list':r}) #returns a string with the template entry.json

Is this possible? If so, how?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3970

Answers (3)

dm03514
dm03514

Reputation: 55962

Django provides a built in shortcut for this.

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/api/#the-render-to-string-shortcut

I don't quite understand what you are trying to accomplish, But you can just return JSON as your HTTPResponse. You can serialize objects to jason and return it without the use of any template.

Upvotes: 3

Nitzan Tomer
Nitzan Tomer

Reputation: 164139

What @HankGay said is correct, though you sometimes might want to get the template response with out returning a HttpResponse, even though you are using Django correctly.

read this: Rendering a context:

>>> from django.template import Context, Template
>>> t = Template("My name is {{ my_name }}.")

>>> c = Context({"my_name": "Adrian"})
>>> t.render(c)
"My name is Adrian."

>>> c = Context({"my_name": "Dolores"})
>>> t.render(c)
"My name is Dolores."

Is that what you're after?

Upvotes: 5

Hank Gay
Hank Gay

Reputation: 71939

If you aren't handling HTTP requests, it doesn't make much sense to use Django, honestly. Look into Jinja 2 for a simple template engine that has lots in common w/ Django's, and SQLAlchemy for an ORM that is equal or better than Django's.

Upvotes: 0

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