Yes, in Django, a view function in a URLconf can indeed be a callable that
is not necessarily a function. You can use classes with a `__call__` method
as views, often referred to as class-based views (CBVs).
Class-based views offer more flexibility and organization than
function-based views in some cases. They allow you to group related
functionality together more easily, provide better code reuse through
inheritance, and offer built-in methods for common HTTP operations like
GET, POST, PUT, etc.
Here's a basic example of a class-based view:
```python
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.views import View
class MyView(View):
def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
return HttpResponse("This is a GET request")
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
return HttpResponse("This is a POST request")
```
You can then include this class-based view in your URLconf like this:
```python
from django.urls import path
from .views import MyView
urlpatterns = [
path('myview/', MyView.as_view(), name='my-view'),
]
```
In this example, `MyView` is a class-based view with `get()` and `post()`
methods, which handle GET and POST requests, respectively. When included in
the URLconf using `.as_view()`, Django will internally call the `__call__`
method of the class to handle the request.
On Thu, May 16, 2024, 12:38 AM Christophe Pettus <x...@thebuild.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm surprised I don't know this, but: Can a view "function" in a urlconf
> be a callable that is not actually a function, such as a class with a
> __call__ method?
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