General purpose Python functions in Django views.py

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I'm writing a simple Django app and I'm having trouble finding a place for general purpose Python functions (not views). Some of the views in views.py are getting chubby and I want to outsource some calculations to a couple of general purpose functions.

Should I create some outside module for that, or it is perfectly normal to put them in views.py. What is the general policy about mixing Django-related and generic Python code? I've been thought that generally Django doesn't care, but I can't help cringing when I do that.

Alex · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-24 19:11:55Z

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Lots of people create a utilities.py and put general purposes functions there.

Then, in your views.py:

from .utilities import function_name

If you want to use them across apps, it might be best to put them in your main project folder (I.e. where settings.py is) and import from there. Nothing stopping you from importing from one app to another, however. Just call it correctly.

answered Apr 24, 2014 at 19:11

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wswld Over a year ago

Thanks. Why you're doing relative import of .utilities explicitly here?

Alex Over a year ago

Just general Django best practices. This way you won't need to change it if you change the app name or directory structure. For most purposes, it's probably fine to just import from utilities but either way.

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