Hello all, This is a pretty common pattern in django:
def view(request): if request.method == 'GET': # Do something elif request.method == 'POST': # Do something else else: return HttpResponse(status=405) The setup for GET vs POST may be very different, and the single view approach can become monolithic. django-reroute is a drop-in replacement for django.conf.urls.defaults that supports HTTP verb dispatching (and provides a few other nifty tools). Getting started is as simple as: And replacing: from django.conf.urls.defaults import * with: from reroute import * You can then create urlpatterns like this: paychecks = patterns('myapp.views.employees.paychecks', verb_url('GET', '^paychecks$', 'index_paychecks'), verb_url('POST', '^paychecks$', 'add_paycheck'), ) urlpatterns = patterns('myapp.views.employees', verb_url('GET', '^employees$', 'index_employees'), verb_url('POST', '^employees$', 'add_employee'), verb_url('GET', '^employees/(?P<employee_id>\d+)$', 'show_employee') verb_url('PUT', '^employees/(?P<employee_id>\d+)$', 'update_employee') verb_url('DELETE', '^employees/(?P<employee_id>\d+)$', 'delete_employee'), url('^employees/(?P<employee_id>\d+)/', include(paychecks)), ) This is just one use case. Check out the full documentation on github: http://github.com/dnerdy/django-reroute Enjoy! - Mark -- 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.