Passing a variable in redirect in Django

Question

I'm trying to pass a variable using the redirect function, but it is returning none.

def one:
    # define location variable here
    return redirect(getting_started_info, location=location)

def getting_started_info(request, location=''):
    location = location
    ...

Could someone please tell me why the variable in the redirect is not passing?

Answer 1

return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('getting_started_info', kwargs={'location': location}))

Answer 2

Remember that redirect() isn't doing a direct call to your view, it's actually sending the client's browser a 302 Found status (301 Moved Permanently if you use permanent=True) with an instruction to redirect to a different URL. In this case, that URL is one that resolves to the getting_started_info view.

I believe that for this to work, there must exist a urlconf which maps to getting_started_view and which uses its location positional argument. This will most likely occur through named groups.

From the django 1.8 docs entry on redirect():

The arguments could be:

• A model: the model’s get_absolute_url() function will be called.
• A view name, possibly with arguments: urlresolvers.reverse will be used to reverse-resolve the name.
• An absolute or relative URL, which will be used as-is for the redirect location.