Friday, July 29, 2011

Empty Gif view

Python/Django version of a view that returns an empty 1x1 gif image

from django.http import HttpResponse
code = "\x47\x49\x46\x38\x39\x61\x01\x00\x01\x00\xf0\x01\x00\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\x00\x21\xf9\x04\x01\x0a\x00\x00\x00\x2c\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x01\x00\x00\x02\x02\x44\x01\x00\x3b"

def empty_gif(request):      
    return HttpResponse(code, mimetype="image/gif")