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| -rw-r--r-- | django/views/i18n.py | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt | 7 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/django/views/i18n.py b/django/views/i18n.py index 771035d8ab..04e37e4ac1 100644 --- a/django/views/i18n.py +++ b/django/views/i18n.py @@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ def builtin_template_path(name): def set_language(request): """ - Redirect to a given URL while setting the chosen language in the session - (if enabled) and in a cookie. The URL and the language code need to be - specified in the request parameters. + Redirect to a given URL while setting the chosen language in the language + cookie. The URL and the language code need to be specified in the request + parameters. Since this view changes how the user will see the rest of the site, it must only be accessed as a POST request. If called as a GET request, it will diff --git a/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt b/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt index eacf2a3234..faeccbaecf 100644 --- a/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt +++ b/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt @@ -1881,10 +1881,9 @@ Activate this view by adding the following line to your URLconf:: language-independent itself to work correctly. The view expects to be called via the ``POST`` method, with a ``language`` -parameter set in request. If session support is enabled, the view saves the -language choice in the user's session. It also saves the language choice in a -cookie that is named ``django_language`` by default. (The name can be changed -through the :setting:`LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME` setting.) +parameter set in request. The view saves the language choice in a cookie that +is named ``django_language`` by default. (The name can be changed through the +:setting:`LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME` setting.) After setting the language choice, Django looks for a ``next`` parameter in the ``POST`` or ``GET`` data. If that is found and Django considers it to be a safe |