Django also makes use of "messages" in the django.contrib.auth module for this purpose. Of course, that only applies if you are using users and authentication for your site. I think you can use them with anonymous users though, so I think they will still work for you.
http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/authentication/#messages On Aug 10, 3:20 pm, sagi s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In Rails, flash is a way to display a message in the next page. It is > extremely useful to provide lightweight feedback to user operations. > For examples when the user, say, submits a new article and after > clicking on the "Submit" button, then is redirected to the front page, > you want to let him know that his submission was successful on the > front page. > > What you would like to do is something like this: > > ...views.py > def new_article(request): > ... > article.save() > flash("Your article was saved") > ... > HttpRedirect("frontpage") > > I have implemented as a context processor: > > Step 1: > create a file called session_context_processor.py: > def flash(request): > # Add the flash message from the session and clear it > flash = "" > if 'flash' in request.session: > flash = request.session['flash'] > del request.session['flash'] > return {'flash': flash} > > Step 2: > Add the context processor to settings.py: > TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = ( > 'django.core.context_processors.auth', > ... > 'session_context_processor.flash', > ) > > Step 3: > Add the context to *every* view that renders a template: > e.g. change: > return render_to_response('mytemplate.html', context) > to: > return render_to_response('mytemplate.html', context, > context_instance=RequestContext(request)) > Again: do this in every view which should be displaying a flash (I > have it in all views) > > Step 4: > Add the flash message to your base template: > ... > ... {{ flash }} > ... > > Step 5: > Set the flash whenever desired. Following the example above: > ...views.py > def new_article(request): > ... > article.save() > request.session['flash'] = "Your article was saved" > ... > HttpRedirect("frontpage") > > That's it. > > I've seen other pointers on how to do it but this one makes sense to > me. > > One thing I want to add is a flash type to help the template format > the flash differently depending on whether it represents an error, > successful operation etc. > > Suggestions for improvement are welcome. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
