1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mediagoblin/util.py b/mediagoblin/util.py
index f69c91f2..a0a09adf 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/util.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/util.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from babel.localedata import exists
 import jinja2
 import translitcodec
 from paste.deploy.loadwsgi import NicerConfigParser
-from webob import Response
+from webob import Response, exc
 
 from mediagoblin import globals as mgoblin_globals
 from mediagoblin.db.util import ObjectId
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ def render_to_response(request, template, context):
     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