Views - VamsiSangam/PhDPortal GitHub Wiki

This is the homepage for the documentation of the application views.

Generic view method template

@login_required   # if login is required to access this view
def method_name(request):
    """
    Method documentation string.
    """
	
    if not validate_request(request): return redirect(reverse(URL_FORBIDDEN))	# mandatory, validates request

    if request.method == "GET":
        # does something if this method should do something for 
        # a GET request, otherwise this block won't be there
    elif request.method == 'POST':
    	# does something if this method should do something for 
        # a POST request, otherwise this block won't be there
    else:
    	# this ensures that user gets a 'Bad request' page
    	# when user requests in other than GET or POST methods
        return redirect(reverse(URL_BAD_REQUEST))

The above template is the general template followed when writing a view method. Actual method implementations will look different but will have the above skeleton.

Common rules for all methods in view files

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