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A Python snippet for Django that answers requests for /pixel.gif with the empty GIF, decoded once at startup.

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Install: pip install django
File: views.py
Run: python manage.py runserver 8080

# pixels/views.py
import base64

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.views.decorators.http import require_GET

GIF = base64.b64decode("R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==")


@require_GET
def pixel(request):
    return HttpResponse(GIF, content_type="image/gif", headers={"Cache-Control": "no-store"})


# pixels/urls.py  (include("pixels.urls") from the project's urls.py)
from django.urls import path

from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    # Django URL patterns are written without the leading slash.
    path("/pixel.gif".lstrip("/"), views.pixel, name="pixel"),
]

We ran this snippet and compared the bytes it returned.

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curl -sI http://localhost:8080/pixel.gif

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