Check this out for how to redirect: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/http/shortcuts/#redirect
Check this out for how Django determines the name of primary key fields: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/db/models/#automatic-primary-key-fields The best advice has already been provided: Get a random post id from your model and then redirect to the DetailView of that post. You can figure it out. On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 10:41:28 AM UTC-6, Ronnie Raney wrote: > > Please give me code. Sorry, I can't decipher plain language in forums very > well, when talking about code. > > My urlpattern: > > path('post/<int:pk>/', views.PostDetailView.as_view(), > name='post_detail'), > path('post/*random*/*???*', views.random_post, name='random_post'), *### > What do I put here?* > > My view: > > def random_post(request): > post_ids = Post.objects.all().values_list('*post_id*', flat=True) * > ### Is this correct? My field name is post_id - the primary key.* > random_obj = Post.objects.get(*pk*=random.choice(post_ids)) *### > What do I put here? pk, id, post_id?* > context = {'random_obj':random_obj,} > return render(request, 'blog/random_post.html', context) > >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/4834d44e-cb98-4d0d-b656-ff2c05a486a8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
