views.py django

The views.py file in a Django project contains the views, which handle the requests made by users to the application. Each view is a Python function that receives a web request and returns a web response. Here is an example of a basic views.py file in a Django project:

from django.http import HttpResponse

def index(request):
    return HttpResponse("Hello, world. You're at the polls index.")

In this example, when a user navigates to the corresponding URL, the index function will be called, and it will return an HTTP response with the text "Hello, world. You're at the polls index."

Views can also interact with models to fetch data from the database and pass it to templates for rendering HTML. Views are an essential part of the MVC (Model-View-Controller) architecture in Django, and they play a crucial role in handling user requests and generating responses.