Can I call a view from within another view?

Question

One of my view needs to add an item, along with other functionality, but I already have another view which specifically adds an item.

Can I do something like:

Answer 1

A better way is to use the template system. Combining ideas from @Seth and @brady:

def specific_add_item_view(request, extra_context_stuff=None):
    Item.objects.create()
    context_variables = {} # obviously want to populate this
    if extra_context_stuff:
        context_variables.update(extra_context_stuff)
    return render(request, 'app_name/view1_template.html', context_variables)

def bigger_view(request):
    extra_context_stuff = {'big_view': True}
    return specific_add_item_view(request, extra_context_stuff)

And your app_name/view1_template.html might contain a conditional template tag

{% if big_view %}
Extra html for the bigger view
{% endif %}