Django pass object from view to next for processing

Question

If you have 2 views, the first uses modelform that takes inputted information from the user (date of birth, name, phonenumber, etc), and the second uses this information to crea

Answer 1

Use a HttpResponseRedirect to direct to the table view w/the newly created object's id. Here's an abbreviated example:

def first(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
          form = MyModelForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
          if form.is_valid():
               my_model = form.save()

               return HttpResponseRedirect('/second/%s/' % (my_model.pk)) # should actually use reverse here.
      # normal get stuff here

def second(request, my_model_pk):
     my_model = MyModel.objects.get(pk=my_model_pk)

     # return your template w/my model in the context and render

Answer 2

One approach is to put the object into a session in your first view, which you could then retrieve from the request.session in the second view.

def first_view(request):
    my_thing = {'foo' : 'bar'}
    request.session['my_thing'] = my_thing
    return render(request, 'some_template.html')

def second_view(request):
    my_thing = request.session.get('my_thing', None)
    return render(request, 'some_other_template.html', {'my_thing' : my_thing})