These are views that will open different types of files in new tabs

django-image-viewer.py

# For displaying images in new tab:

  def home(request):
    image_data = open(“/path/to/my/image.png”, “rb”).read()
    return HttpResponse(image_data, mimetype=”image/png”)

# For displaying pdf files in new tab:

  def home(request):
    image_data = open(“/path/to/my/image.pdf”, “rb”).read()
    return HttpResponse(image_data, mimetype=”application/pdf”)

# For displaying videos in new tab:

  def home(request):
    image_data = open(“/path/to/my/image.mp4”, “rb”).read()
    return HttpResponse(image_data, mimetype=”video/mp4″)