How to pass information using an HTTP redirect (in Django)

Question

I have a view that accepts a form submission and updates a model.

After updating the model, I want to redirect to another page, and I want a message such as \"Field X su

Answer 1

I liked the idea of using the message framework, but the example in the django documentation doesn't work for me in the context of the question above.

What really annoys me, is the line in the django docs:

If you're using the context processor, your template should be rendered with a RequestContext. Otherwise, ensure messages is available to the template context.

which is incomprehensible to a newbie (like me) and needs to expanded upon, preferably with what those 2 options look like.

I was only able to find solutions that required rendering with RequestContext... which doesn't answer the question above.

I believe I've created a solution for the 2nd option below:

Hopefully this will help someone else.

== urls.py ==

from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
from views import *

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^$', main_page, { 'template_name': 'main_page.html', }, 'main_page'),
    (r'^test/$', test ),

== viewtest.py ==

from django.contrib import messages
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse

def test(request):
    messages.success( request, 'Test successful' )
    return HttpResponseRedirect( reverse('main_page') )

== viewmain.py ==

from django.contrib.messages import get_messages
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response

def main_page(request, template_name ):
    # create dictionary of items to be passed to the template
    c = { messages': get_messages( request ) }

    # render page
    return render_to_response( template_name, c, )

== main_page.html ==

{% block content %}
    {% if messages %}
    

        {% for message in messages %}
            
{{ message.message }}
        {% endfor %}
    
    {% endif %}
{% endblock %}