I needed to have a page respond with a text/plain content type.
here's the patch
Index: views/generic/list_detail.py
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--- views/generic/list_detail.py (revision 2970)
+++ views/generic/list_detail.py (working copy)
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
def object_list(request, queryset, paginate_by=None, allow_empty=False,
template_name=None, template_loader=loader,
- extra_context={}, context_processors=None, template_object_name='object'):
+ extra_context={}, context_processors=None, template_object_name='object',
+ mimetype=None):
"""
Generic list of objects.
@@ -73,12 +74,13 @@
model = queryset.model
template_name = "%s/%s_list.html" % (model._meta.app_label, model._meta.object_name.lower())
t = template_loader.get_template(template_name)
- return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
+ return HttpResponse(t.render(c), mimetype=mimetype)
def object_detail(request, queryset, object_id=None, slug=None,
slug_field=None, template_name=None, template_name_field=None,
template_loader=loader, extra_context={},
- context_processors=None, template_object_name='object'):
+ context_processors=None, template_object_name='object',
+ mimetype=None):
"""
Generic list of objects.
@@ -113,6 +115,6 @@
c[key] = value()
else:
c[key] = value
- response = HttpResponse(t.render(c))
+ response = HttpResponse(t.render(c), mimetype=mimetype)
populate_xheaders(request, response, model, getattr(obj, obj._meta.pk.name))
return response
