from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse class HttpResponseRedirectView(HttpResponseRedirect): """ This response directs to a view by reversing the url e.g. return HttpResponseRedirectView('org.myself.views.myview') or use the view object e.g. from org.myself.views import myview return HttpResponseRedirectView(myview) You can also pass the url arguments to the constructor e.g. return HttpResponseRedirectView('org.myself.views.myview', year=2008, colour='orange') """ def __init__(self, view, *args, **kwargs): viewurl = reverse(view, args=args, kwargs=kwargs) HttpResponseRedirect.__init__(self, viewurl)