lostplaces-backend/django_lostplaces/lostplaces/common.py

from django.shortcuts import redirect

def get_all_subclasses(cls):
    '''
    Gets all subclasses recursively, does not contain
    abstract classes
    '''
    subclass_list = []
    for subclass in cls.__subclasses__():
        if not subclass._meta.abstract:
            subclass_list.append(subclass)
        subclass_list += get_all_subclasses(subclass)
    return subclass_list
    
def redirect_referer_or(request, url='/'):
    '''
    Returns a django redirect to the requests referer,
    if there is no referer the redirect will poin to the given url
    Default url is /
    '''
    referer = request.META.get('HTTP_REFERER')  
    if referer is not None:
        return redirect(referer)
    else:
        return redirect(url)