Ok - I'm pretty sure that I should be returning 500s. Is there any way of catching 404s and returning a JSON response for them as well?
On Friday, 22 June 2012 00:08:39 UTC+10, Kurtis wrote: > > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/UCB_k6uqsMcJ. 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.
