A decorator is a specific construction in Python (and one that doesn't appear in your code):
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0318/#current-implementation-history http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=240808 Good luck! Franklin On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Dan Gentry <dgen...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to move some code from a view to a decorator to use with > many views. This is the view: > > views.py: > def list_type(request): > > inst_id=request.session.get('inst_id',None) > > ## move to decorator > if not inst_id: > path = urlquote(request.get_full_path()) > tup = reverse('select_inst'), REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME, path > return HttpResponseRedirect('%s?%s=%s' % tup) > ## > > queryset = RecordType.objects.filter(institution=inst_id) > return object_list(request, queryset, paginate_by = 12) > > I've moved the middle bit of code to a decorator I wrote (basically > copying user_passes_test), but when I use it I get the strange error > that my urls.py file contains no patterns. > > decorators.py: > def institution_required(fn, redirect_field_name=REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME): > > inst_url = reverse('select_inst') ## URL to select institution > > def _wrapped_view(request, *args, **kwargs): > if not request.session.get('inst_id',None): > path = urlquote(request.get_full_path()) > tup = inst_url, redirect_field_name, path > return HttpResponseRedirect('%s?%s=%s' % tup) > return fn(request, *args, **kwargs) > return _wrapped_view > > > > Would anyone like to school me on the correct way to write a view > decorator? Thanks in advance. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- Art, writing, journal: http://einspruch.com Comics: http://themoonfellonme.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
