Allow views to return an int for status code, error template not required

Author: davegaeddert

plain/plain/views/base.py

@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ def get_response(self) -> ResponseBase:
         if isinstance(result, ResponseBase):
             return result
 
-        # Allow return of an int (status code)
-        # or tuple (status code, content)?
-
         if isinstance(result, str):
             return Response(result)
 
@@ -84,6 +81,11 @@ def get_response(self) -> ResponseBase:
         if isinstance(result, dict):
             return JsonResponse(result)
 
+        if isinstance(result, int):
+            return Response(status=result)
+
+        # Allow tuple for (status_code, content)?
+
         raise ValueError(f"Unexpected view return type: {type(result)}")
 
     def options(self) -> Response:

plain/plain/views/errors.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from plain.http import ResponseBase
+from plain.templates import TemplateFileMissing
 
 from .templates import TemplateView
 
@@ -23,3 +24,9 @@ def get_response(self) -> ResponseBase:
         # Set the status code we want
         response.status_code = self.status_code
         return response
+
+    def get(self):
+        try:
+            return super().get()
+        except TemplateFileMissing:
+            return self.status_code