redirect

redirect(to[, permanent=False ], *args, **kwargs)

Returns an HttpResponseRedirect to the appropriate URL for the arguments passed.

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.

By default issues a temporary redirect; pass permanent=True to issue a permanent redirect.

The ability to use relative URLs was added.

Examples

You can use the redirect() function in a number of ways.

1. By passing some object; that object's get_absolute_url() method will be called to figure out the redirect

URL:

from django.shortcuts import redirect

def my_view(request):

...

object = MyModel.objects.get(...)

return redirect(object)

2. By passing the name of a view and optionally some positional or keyword arguments; the URL will be reverse

resolved using the reverse() method:

def my_view(request):

...

return redirect('some-view-name', foo='bar')

3. By passing a hardcoded URL to redirect to:

def my_view(request):

...

return redirect('/some/url/')

This also works with full URLs:

def my_view(request):

...

return redirect('http://example.com/')

By default, redirect() returns a temporary redirect. All of the above forms accept a permanent argument; if set

to True a permanent redirect will be returned:

def my_view(request):

...

object = MyModel.objects.get(...)

return redirect(object, permanent=True)