diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/stacks/api.py b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/stacks/api.py
index 1572b5a984..319bfe23fc 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/stacks/api.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/stacks/api.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import logging
 
-from django.http import HttpResponse
-
 from openstack_dashboard.api.heat import resources_list
 from openstack_dashboard.api.heat import stack_get
 
@@ -77,8 +75,3 @@ def d3_data(request, stack_id=''):
             }
             d3_data['nodes'].append(resource_node)
     return json.dumps(d3_data)
-
-
-def get_d3_data(request, stack_id=''):
-    return HttpResponse(d3_data(request, stack_id=stack_id),
-                        content_type="application/json")
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/stacks/urls.py b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/stacks/urls.py
index 157f386097..82e0bcf3f5 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/stacks/urls.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/stacks/urls.py
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import url
 
-from openstack_dashboard.dashboards.project.stacks.api import get_d3_data
 from openstack_dashboard.dashboards.project.stacks.views import CreateStackView
 from openstack_dashboard.dashboards.project.stacks.views import DetailView
 from openstack_dashboard.dashboards.project.stacks.views import IndexView
+from openstack_dashboard.dashboards.project.stacks.views import JSONView
 from openstack_dashboard.dashboards.project.stacks.views import ResourceView
 from openstack_dashboard.dashboards.project.stacks.views \
     import SelectTemplateView
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ urlpatterns = patterns(
     url(r'^stack/(?P<stack_id>[^/]+)/$', DetailView.as_view(), name='detail'),
     url(r'^stack/(?P<stack_id>[^/]+)/(?P<resource_name>[^/]+)/$',
         ResourceView.as_view(), name='resource'),
-
-    #AJAX urls
-    url(r'^get_d3_data/(?P<stack_id>[^/]+)/$', get_d3_data, name='d3_data')
+    url(r'^get_d3_data/(?P<stack_id>[^/]+)/$',
+        JSONView.as_view(), name='d3_data'),
 )
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/stacks/views.py b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/stacks/views.py
index 97640dff33..3dfb2906a8 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/stacks/views.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/stacks/views.py
@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ from horizon import tabs
 
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.views import generic
 
 from openstack_dashboard import api
 
+from openstack_dashboard.dashboards.project.stacks.api import d3_data
 from openstack_dashboard.dashboards.project.stacks.forms import StackCreateForm
 from openstack_dashboard.dashboards.project.stacks.forms import TemplateForm
 from openstack_dashboard.dashboards.project.stacks.tables import StacksTable
@@ -158,3 +161,9 @@ class ResourceView(tabs.TabView):
         metadata = self.get_metadata(request, **kwargs)
         return self.tab_group_class(
             request, resource=resource, metadata=metadata, **kwargs)
+
+
+class JSONView(generic.View):
+    def get(self, request, stack_id=''):
+        return HttpResponse(d3_data(request, stack_id=stack_id),
+                            content_type="application/json")