add utility method to add signposts from view

django_signposting/utils.py

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+from django.http import HttpResponse
+
+
+def add_signposts(response: HttpResponse, **kwargs):
+    """ Adds signposting headers to the responses.
+    params:
+      response - the response object
+      kwargs - a map of relation types to a list of corresponding links. Each link can be a link or a tuple of link and media type.
+    """
+
+    if not hasattr(response, '_signposts'):
+        response._signposts = {}
+
+    for key in kwargs.keys():
+
+        values = kwargs[key]
+        if isinstance(values, str) or isinstance(values, tuple):
+            values = [values]
+
+        if key not in response._signposts:
+            response._signposts[key] = values
+        else:
+            response._signposts[key] += values