7.4. Views Generic

View
TemplateView
DetailView
RedirectView
EditView
ListView
FormView

7.4.1. TemplateView

Code 7.1. TemplateView

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import datetime
from django.views.generic import TemplateView


class TodayView(TemplateView):
    template_name = 'templates/index.html'

    def get_context_data(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        return {
            'today': datetime.date.today(),
            'now': datetime.datetime.now(),
        }

7.4.2. RedirectView

Code 7.2. RedirectView

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from django.views.generic import RedirectView
from django.urls import path

urlpatterns = [
    path('/index.html', RedirectView.as_view(permanent=False, url='/main')),
]

7.4.3. View

Code 7.3. View

# doctest: +SKIP_FILE

import datetime
from django.http import JsonResponse
from django.views.generic import View


class TodayView(View):
    http_method_names = ['get']

    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        data = {
            'today': datetime.date.today(),
            'now': datetime.datetime.now(),
        }
        return JsonResponse(status=200, data=data, safe=False)