Django snippets

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import RequestContext, loader
from django.template.loader_tags import BlockNode
from simplejson import dumps

def ajax_render_to(template_name):
    def deco_wrap(func):
        def wrap(request, *args, **kwargs):
            res = func(request, *args, **kwargs)
            if type(res) is not dict:
                return res
            template = loader.get_template(template_name)
            cont = RequestContext(request, res)
            if not 'ajax_request' in request.GET:
                return HttpResponse(template.render(cont))
            blocks = []
            for node in template.nodelist:
                blocks = blocks + node.get_nodes_by_type(BlockNode)
            result = {}
            for block in blocks:
                result["block__%s"%block.name] = block.render(cont)
            return HttpResponse(dumps(result))
        return wrap
    return deco_wrap