What do you think of from render_block import render_block_to_response?

[jillesme]

Hi @clokep,

Lovely package you created! It's wonderful to use with HTMX.

What do you think of exporting render_block_to_response? I often do return HttpResponse(render_block_to_string(...)), would be nice to be able to just do render_block_to_response with the same args. I've created a helper utility in my own codebase, but I think other people might benefit from that too.

[robertpro]

This is what I was looking for, @clokep I can help submitting a PR if you accept this idea,

from render_block.shortcuts import render_block_to_response

def view(request):
    ...
    return render_block_to_response(request, template_name, block_name, context)

What do you think ?

[clokep]

I think that would be OK, it should probably be named render_block to match render vs render_to_string?

(render_to_response is part of the view classes IIRC and not a standalone function.)

If you're going to PR, please include tests too.

[jillesme]

@clokep / @robertpro I agree that it should probably be render_block to match render. Good call. I'll try to make a PR this week (of course, with tests). I underestimated my availability.

[gogognome]

Could you make the context available in the response so that in tests I can assert on the context instead of scraping the returned text?

[gogognome]

@jillesme do you think you can implement this soon? If not, then I am willing to create a PR for this issue.

[jillesme]

Hi @gogognome please go for it. I do not have time right now.

[gogognome]

I created a pull request some time ago. Is there any chance that someone is going to review it?

[clokep]

It's still on my to do list, I've unfortunately been fairly busy. Will get to it eventually. Sorry for the delay.