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diff --git a/docs/narr/views.rst b/docs/narr/views.rst index e3d0a37e5..cbd8fcfb7 100644 --- a/docs/narr/views.rst +++ b/docs/narr/views.rst @@ -300,27 +300,30 @@ An HTTP exception, instead of being raised, can alternately be *returned* return HTTPUnauthorized() A shortcut for creating an HTTP exception is the -:func:`pyramid.httpexceptions.responsecode` function. This function accepts -an HTTP status code and returns the corresponding HTTP exception. For -example, instead of importing and constructing a +:func:`pyramid.httpexceptions.exception_response` function. This function +accepts an HTTP status code and returns the corresponding HTTP exception. +For example, instead of importing and constructing a :class:`~pyramid.httpexceptions.HTTPUnauthorized` response object, you can -use the :func:`~pyramid.httpexceptions.responsecode` function to construct -and return the same object. +use the :func:`~pyramid.httpexceptions.exception_response` function to +construct and return the same object. .. code-block:: python :linenos: - from pyramid.httpexceptions import responsecode + from pyramid.httpexceptions import exception_response def aview(request): - raise responsecode(401) + raise exception_response(401) This is the case because ``401`` is the HTTP status code for "HTTP -Unauthorized". Therefore, ``raise responsecode(401)`` is functionally +Unauthorized". Therefore, ``raise exception_response(401)`` is functionally equivalent to ``raise HTTPUnauthorized()``. Documentation which maps each HTTP response code to its purpose and its associated HTTP exception object is provided within :mod:`pyramid.httpexceptions`. +.. note:: The :func:`~pyramid.httpexceptions.exception_response` function is + new as of Pyramid 1.1. + How Pyramid Uses HTTP Exceptions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |