I'm not sure if returning a response is any different in middleware than it would be in a normal view. In that case:
return HttpResponse(json_data, mimetype="application/json") On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Taras_96 <taras...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone have opinions on the best way of having middleware catch > exceptions, and instead of rendering the error into a HTML template, to > return a JSON object? Currently I have the middleware below that catches > exceptions, and if it can find an extra user error message, puts that onto > the request (that the template then picks up). > > class ExceptionUserErrorMessageMiddleware(object): > def process_exception(self, request, exception): > """ if the exception has information relevant to the user, then > tack that onto the request object""" > > theFormat = djrequest.get_getvar(request, settings.FORMAT_PARAM, "") > msg = getMessage(exception) > if msg: > setattr(request, USER_ERROR_MESSAGE_ATTR, msg) > > if theFormat == "json": > print "do something" > > What's the best way of returning a json object here? Should I set any > additional headers? > > Is there a way of doing the same for exceptional circumstances that don't > pass through middleware (I'm pretty sure 404 doesn't, are there any others)? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/EtPHiu7SIB8J. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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.
