Django error: render_to_response() got an unexpected keyword argument 'context_instance'

Question

After upgrading to Django 1.10, I get the error render_to_response() got an unexpected keyword argument \'context_instance\'.

My view is as follows:

Answer 1

in Django 1.8 is compatible:

from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from django.template import RequestContext

def my_view(request):
    context = {'foo': 'bar'}
    return render_to_response('my_template.html', {'context':context}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

in Django 1.11

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.template import RequestContext

def my_view(request):
    context = {'foo': 'bar'}
    return render(request, 'my_template.html', context)