Merge remote branch 'remotes/elrond/idea/shortcuts'

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mediagoblin/util.py b/mediagoblin/util.py
index b675662e..cbb937ee 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/util.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/util.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from babel.localedata import exists
 import jinja2
 import translitcodec
 from paste.deploy.loadwsgi import NicerConfigParser
+from webob import Response, exc
 
 from mediagoblin import globals as mgoblin_globals
 from mediagoblin.db.util import ObjectId
@@ -117,6 +118,16 @@ def clear_test_template_context():
     TEMPLATE_TEST_CONTEXT = {}
 
 
+def render_to_response(request, template, context):
+    """Much like Django's shortcut.render()"""
+    return Response(render_template(request, template, context))
+
+
+def redirect(request, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Returns a HTTPFound(), takes a request and then urlgen params"""
+    return exc.HTTPFound(location=request.urlgen(*args, **kwargs))
+
+
 def setup_user_in_request(request):
     """
     Examine a request and tack on a request.user parameter if that's