View & Shortcut Methods

Django · Methods reference

Django · Methods reference

📋 Overview

Function/ class views and common django.shortcuts.

🔧 Methods

Shortcuts

Function	Description
`render(request, template, context)`	HttpResponse with template
`redirect(to, …)`	302/301 redirect response
`get_object_or_404(Model, …)`	get() or Http404
`get_list_or_404(qs, …)`	Non-empty list or Http404

Class-based views

Method / attribute	Description
`as_view()`	Class → callable for URLconf
`dispatch(request, …)`	Route HTTP method to handler
`get` / `post` / `put` / `delete`	HTTP verb handlers
`get_context_data(**kwargs)`	Build template context
`form_valid` / `form_invalid`	FormView hooks

Decorators

Decorator	Description
`@login_required`	Redirect unauthenticated users
`@permission_required(codename)`	403 if missing perm
`@require_http_methods([…])`	Allow only listed verbs
`@csrf_exempt`	Disable CSRF check (use carefully)

💡 Examples

See parent topic notes for runnable snippets; this page is the complete method index.

⚠️ Pitfalls

Mutating methods return None in Python — do not chain sort() / reverse() expecting a new list.
Default JS sort() compares strings — pass (a,b) => a-b for numbers.
SQL function names differ by dialect — verify Postgres vs MySQL docs.
Django QuerySet.update() skips save() signals and auto auto_now fields on models.

QuerySet Methods

Django · Methods reference

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