A Django view to create new user from custom view

views.py

@user_passes_test(lambda u: u.is_superuser)
def user_add(request):
    if request.POST:
        username = request.POST.get('username', None)
        email = request.POST.get('email', None)
        initial_pwd = User.objects.make_random_password()

        # create user object
        if username and email:
            user = User.objects.create_user(username=username,
                                            email=email,
                                            password=initial_pwd)
            user.save()
        else:
            return HttpResponse("Failed to create new user: username and email are required fields.")

        # send email via sendcloud
        import requests
        url = "http://sendcloud.sohu.com/webapi/mail.send.json"

        params = {
            "api_user": settings.SENDCLOUD['API_USER'],
            "api_key" : settings.SENDCLOUD['API_KEY'],
            "to" : email,
            "from" : settings.SENDCLOUD['SENDER_ID'],
            "fromname" : "No-Reply",
            "html" : get_template('pages/email_new_user_notification.txt').render(
                Context({
                    'email': email,
                    'pass': initial_pwd,
                })
            ),                                                                                                                                   
            "subject": "Your *** account has been created",
            "resp_email_id": "true",
        }

        r = requests.post(url, data=params)

        # redirect to user list
        return HttpResponseRedirect("/admin/auth/user")

    return render_to_response("pages/forms_add_user.html", {
        'site_name': settings.SITE_NAME,
    }, context_instance=RequestContext(request))