Refs #25978 -- Removed shortcuts.render_to_response() per deprecation timeline.

django/shortcuts.py

@@ -3,31 +3,14 @@ This module collects helper functions and classes that "span" multiple levels
 of MVC. In other words, these functions/classes introduce controlled coupling
 for convenience's sake.
 """
-import warnings
-
 from django.http import (
     Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, HttpResponseRedirect,
 )
 from django.template import loader
 from django.urls import NoReverseMatch, reverse
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango30Warning
 from django.utils.functional import Promise
 
 
-def render_to_response(template_name, context=None, content_type=None, status=None, using=None):
-    """
-    Return a HttpResponse whose content is filled with the result of calling
-    django.template.loader.render_to_string() with the passed arguments.
-    """
-    warnings.warn(
-        'render_to_response() is deprecated in favor of render(). It has the '
-        'same signature except that it also requires a request.',
-        RemovedInDjango30Warning, stacklevel=2,
-    )
-    content = loader.render_to_string(template_name, context, using=using)
-    return HttpResponse(content, content_type, status)
-
-
 def render(request, template_name, context=None, content_type=None, status=None, using=None):
     """
     Return a HttpResponse whose content is filled with the result of calling

docs/releases/3.0.txt

@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ to remove usage of these features.
 
 * The ``django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2`` module is removed.
 
+* ``django.shortcuts.render_to_response()`` is removed.
+
 See :ref:`deprecated-features-2.1` for details on these changes, including how
 to remove usage of these features.
 

docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt

@@ -81,17 +81,6 @@ This example is equivalent to::
         c = {'foo': 'bar'}
         return HttpResponse(t.render(c, request), content_type='application/xhtml+xml')
 
-``render_to_response()``
-========================
-
-.. function:: render_to_response(template_name, context=None, content_type=None, status=None, using=None)
-
-   .. deprecated:: 2.0
-
-   This function preceded the introduction of :func:`render` and works
-   similarly except that it doesn't make the ``request`` available in the
-   response.
-
 ``redirect()``
 ==============
 

tests/shortcuts/test_render_to_response.py

-from django.test import SimpleTestCase, ignore_warnings, override_settings
-from django.test.utils import require_jinja2
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango30Warning
-
-
-@ignore_warnings(category=RemovedInDjango30Warning)
-@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='shortcuts.urls')
-class RenderToResponseTests(SimpleTestCase):
-
-    def test_render_to_response(self):
-        response = self.client.get('/render_to_response/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
-        self.assertEqual(response.content, b'FOO.BAR..\n')
-        self.assertEqual(response['Content-Type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
-
-    def test_render_to_response_with_multiple_templates(self):
-        response = self.client.get('/render_to_response/multiple_templates/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
-        self.assertEqual(response.content, b'FOO.BAR..\n')
-
-    def test_render_to_response_with_content_type(self):
-        response = self.client.get('/render_to_response/content_type/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
-        self.assertEqual(response.content, b'FOO.BAR..\n')
-        self.assertEqual(response['Content-Type'], 'application/x-rendertest')
-
-    def test_render_to_response_with_status(self):
-        response = self.client.get('/render_to_response/status/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
-        self.assertEqual(response.content, b'FOO.BAR..\n')
-
-    @require_jinja2
-    def test_render_to_response_with_using(self):
-        response = self.client.get('/render_to_response/using/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.content, b'DTL\n')
-        response = self.client.get('/render_to_response/using/?using=django')
-        self.assertEqual(response.content, b'DTL\n')
-        response = self.client.get('/render_to_response/using/?using=jinja2')
-        self.assertEqual(response.content, b'Jinja2\n')

tests/shortcuts/urls.py

@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ from django.urls import path
 from . import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('render_to_response/', views.render_to_response_view),
-    path('render_to_response/multiple_templates/', views.render_to_response_view_with_multiple_templates),
-    path('render_to_response/content_type/', views.render_to_response_view_with_content_type),
-    path('render_to_response/status/', views.render_to_response_view_with_status),
-    path('render_to_response/using/', views.render_to_response_view_with_using),
     path('render/', views.render_view),
     path('render/multiple_templates/', views.render_view_with_multiple_templates),
     path('render/content_type/', views.render_view_with_content_type),

tests/shortcuts/views.py

-from django.shortcuts import render, render_to_response
-
-
-def render_to_response_view(request):
-    return render_to_response('shortcuts/render_test.html', {
-        'foo': 'FOO',
-        'bar': 'BAR',
-    })
-
-
-def render_to_response_view_with_multiple_templates(request):
-    return render_to_response([
-        'shortcuts/no_such_template.html',
-        'shortcuts/render_test.html',
-    ], {
-        'foo': 'FOO',
-        'bar': 'BAR',
-    })
-
-
-def render_to_response_view_with_content_type(request):
-    return render_to_response('shortcuts/render_test.html', {
-        'foo': 'FOO',
-        'bar': 'BAR',
-    }, content_type='application/x-rendertest')
-
-
-def render_to_response_view_with_status(request):
-    return render_to_response('shortcuts/render_test.html', {
-        'foo': 'FOO',
-        'bar': 'BAR',
-    }, status=403)
-
-
-def render_to_response_view_with_using(request):
-    using = request.GET.get('using')
-    return render_to_response('shortcuts/using.html', using=using)
-
-
-def context_processor(request):
-    return {'bar': 'context processor output'}
+from django.shortcuts import render
 
 
 def render_view(request):