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Using two templates from one view

I try to present content from a view in two ways: download html and csv. The only way I was able to do this was to use 2 different views, one for html presentation and one for csv. This duplicates my code, and I'm looking for a more elegant solution. Any suggestions?

Here is a sample code:

# views.py

[...]

def member_list(request):
    member_list = Member.objects.all()

    return render_to_response("member_list.html",
                          {'member_list':member_list)


def member_csv_list(request):
    member_list = Member.objects.all()

    csv_list = HttpResponse(content_type='text/csv')
    csv_list['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="member_list.csv"'
    writer = csv.writer(csv_list)
    writer.writerow(['Name', 'Member Type', 'Rooms'])
    for member in member_list:
        fields = [member.name, member.member_type, member.room]
        writer.writerow(fields)

    return member_list
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You can use the parameter in your url and implement a view like

def myview(request) :

    type = request.GET.get('type', 'html')

    # do processing
    if type == 'html':
        # return html
    else if type == 'csv':
        # return csv

If you access the URL, for example http://yourserver/myview?type=csv, it will display part of the csv view. When the URL http://yourserver/myviewis available, it will return the html part of the view.

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def detail(request, pid):
    '''
    Accepts a press release ID and returns the detail page
    '''
    p = get_object_or_404(PressRelease, id=pid)

    if request.GET.has_key('printable'):
        template_file = 'press/detail_printable.html'
    else:
        template_file = 'press/detail.html'

    t = loader.get_template(template_file)
    c = Context({'press': p})
    return HttpResponse(t.render(c))

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