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diff --git a/docs/narr/views.rst b/docs/narr/views.rst index c35027eb9..2f9bb7ff3 100644 --- a/docs/narr/views.rst +++ b/docs/narr/views.rst @@ -351,3 +351,22 @@ returned to the client. See the :ref:`security_chapter` chapter to find out how to turn on a security policy. +Using a View to Do A HTTP Redirect +---------------------------------- + +You can issue an HTTP redirect from within a view by returning a +slightly different response. + +.. code-block:: python + :linenos: + + from webob.exc import HTTPFound + + def myview(context, request): + return HTTPFound(location='http://example.com') + +All exception types from the :mod:`webob.exc` module implement the +``IResponse`` interface; any can be returned as the response from a +view. See :term:`WebOb` for the documentation for this module; it +includes other response types for Unauthorized, etc. + |