Route is a better urls function, consider all Http verbs, and return 405 (NotAllowed) with the list of proper methods

route.py

# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
# Usage:
# urlpatterns += patterns('',
#     route(r'^$', GET='getview', POST='postview', PUT='putview', DELETE='deleteview', name='viewname'),
# )
#
from django.http import HttpResponseNotAllowed
from django.core.urlresolvers import RegexURLPattern, get_callable

def discover_view(view, prefix=''):
    if isinstance(view, basestring):
        if not view:
            raise ValueError('View name is required to discover the callable')
        if prefix:
            view = prefix + '.' + view
        return get_callable(view)
    else:
        return view

HTTP_VERBS = ('GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE')
class ViewByMethod(object):
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        for method in HTTP_VERBS:
            self.__setattr__(method, kwargs.pop(method, None))

    def __call__(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        if request.method in HTTP_VERBS and self.__getattribute__(request.method):
            return self.__getattribute__(request.method)(request, *args, **kwargs)

        return HttpResponseNotAllowed([verb for verb in dir(self) if verb in HTTP_VERBS and self.__getattribute__(verb)])


class RegexUrlPatternByMethod(RegexURLPattern):
    def __init__(self, regex, GET=None, POST=None, PUT=None, DELETE=None, default_args=None, name=None):
        super(RegexUrlPatternByMethod, self).__init__(regex, '', default_args, name)
        self.GET = GET
        self.POST = POST
        self.PUT = PUT
        self.DELETE = DELETE

    def add_prefix(self, prefix):
        self.prefix = prefix

    def _get_callback(self):
        kwargs = {}
        for method in HTTP_VERBS:
            kwargs[method] = discover_view(self.__getattribute__(method), self.prefix)

        return ViewByMethod(**kwargs)
    callback = property(_get_callback)


def route(regex, GET=None, POST=None, PUT=None, DELETE=None, kwargs=None, name=None, prefix=''):
    return RegexUrlPatternByMethod(regex, GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, kwargs, name)