import string # changes a view such that it sends specified POST vars to the context def view_post_vars_to_context(view): def view_with_pv2c(request, post_vars_to_context = {}, extra_context={}, *args, **kwargs): if request.method == "POST": for k, v in request.POST.items(): if k in post_vars_to_context.keys(): if set(v) <= set(string.letters + string.digits + "-_"): # restrict to alphanumeric, plus _ and -, since POST isn't otherwised cleansed context_var_name = post_vars_to_context[k] extra_context[context_var_name] = v return view(request, extra_context=extra_context, *args, **kwargs) return view_with_pv2c