CODEWITHSUNDEEP
django
user1831677
user1831677

Reputation: 211

Rendering data to a template and using HttpResponseRedirect

I have this form that collects data from a user. After the data has been entered I use HttpResponseRedirect to protect from a refresh. The problem is since I am not using a database for this app, I can't work out how to render the data the user has entered.

At the moment the data I need to be rendered is stored in cd. So how can I still redirect the user after sucessful data entry and pass the data to another view, then render it? I can pass it to another class view, but rendering it is the problem, as the data is passed by MathsConfig and not through urls.

Thanks, sorry I am new to Django.

code below

views.py

class MathsConfig(View):
    form_class = MathsForm
    initial={'operation': "Addition",
                     'rows': "",

                     "between1": "1 - 99",
                     "between2": "1 - 99",
                     "between3": None,
                     "between4": None,
                     "between5": None,

                     "questions": 20,
            }
    template_name = 'maths/maths-config.html'

    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        form = self.form_class(initial=self.initial)
        return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})

    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        form = self.form_class(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            cd = form.cleaned_data

            return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('maths:maths_success'))
        return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})


class MathsQuestions(object):

    def __init__(self):
        # want to pass cd varible here and then render it.

class MathsSuccess(TemplateView):
    template_name = "maths/maths-success.html"

urls.py

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^config/$', views.MathsConfig.as_view(), name='maths_config'),
    url(r'^success/$', views.MathsSuccess.as_view(), name='maths_success'),
    url(r'^$', views.MathsQuestions(), name='maths_display'),
)

Edit:

class MathsQuestions(Object):

    def __init__(self, request):

        if 'entered_form_data' in request.session.keys():
            formdata = request.session['entered_form_data']
            del request.session['entered_form_data']

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2405

Answers (1)

Odif Yltsaeb
Odif Yltsaeb

Reputation: 5656

Store it in session.

request.session['entered_form_data'] = data

And in next view:

if 'entered_form_data' in request.session.keys():
    formdata = request.session['entered_form_data']
    del request.session['entered_form_data']

Edit:

def someview(request):
  template = 'something.html'

  form = SomeForm(request.POST) if request.method == 'POST' else SomeForm()

  if request.method == 'POST':
    if form.is_valid():
      data = form.get_cleaned_data()
      request.session['entered_form_data'] = data
      return HttpResponseRedirect('/someurl/')

  render_to_response(template, {'form':form}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

def someurl_view(request):
  template = 'someurl.html'

  render_to_response(template, {'formdata':request.session.pop('entered_form_data', None)}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

and of course you need to create the function, that returns data from form yourself. I mean the function which i refer to as form.get_cleaned_data(). Do it whichever way you want although i suggest you return dictionary.

Upvotes: 2

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