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

There is a lot of solutions

1 Use Django-trunk version - it support sending messages to Anonymous Users

2 Sessions

def view1(request):
    request.session['message'] = 'Hello view2!'
    return HttpResponseRedirect('/view2/')


def view2(request):
    return HttpResponse(request.session['message'])

3 redirect with param

return HttpResponseRedirect('/view2/?message=Hello+view2')

4 Cookies