handle_error¶
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privex.helpers.django.
handle_error
(request: django.http.request.HttpRequest, err: str, rdr: django.http.response.HttpResponseRedirectBase, status=400)[source]¶ Output an error as either a Django session message + redirect, or a JSON response based on whether the request was for the API readable version (?format=json) or not.
Usage:
>>> from django.shortcuts import redirect >>> def my_view(request): ... return handle_error(request, "Invalid password", redirect('/login'), 403)
- Parameters
request (HttpRequest) – The Django request object from your view
err (str) – An error message as a string to display to the user / api call
rdr (HttpResponseRedirectBase) – A redirect() for normal browsers to follow after adding the session error.
status (int) – The HTTP status code to return if the request is an API call (default: 400 bad request)