On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 2:51 PM, Ronnie Raney <[email protected]> wrote:
> *You can't change the of a user from a view unless you do a redirect. You
> can issue a redirect to /post/<id> where the id is what you picked at
> random at the "random_post" view*
>
> I can't change the *what *of a user from the view? Also, what user? I've
> tried putting <id> in there and it causes errors. I've also tried <int:id>,
> <pk>, <int:pk>, <post_id>, and <int:post_id>
>
> *Is your template for a "random_obj" or for a "post" object? What does it
> expect? You can insert a "import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()" after "context" in
> your view and inspect if it is right - it will probably be OK.*
> *Did you rename the post template to random_post and did not change the
> variables inside? If so, just use something like {"post": random_obj}.*
>
> The template is asking for the name of the url - "random_post". The
> template is loading right now at */post/random/* - confirmed by
> inspecting the page. The template expects to get the random_post view, I
> would assume. There are no errors telling me otherwise. Once again, the
> template is named random_post. So what I think you're suggesting is to
> change the contex to this:
>
> * context = {'random_obj':random_post,}*
>
> I also tried switching these:
>
> *context = {'random_post':random_obj,}*
>
> 'random_obj' is what was established here: *random_obj =
> Post.objects.get(post_id=random.choice(list(post_ids)))*
> 'random_post' is the name of my urlpattern, and the name of my template
> link
>
> Am I getting anywhere near understanding what you're saying? All of the
> things that I've tried are leading me to a template with blank fields.
>
Listen to Mattew's summary
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