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-rw-r--r--django/views/generic/simple.py10
-rw-r--r--docs/ref/generic-views.txt6
-rw-r--r--tests/regressiontests/views/tests/__init__.py1
-rw-r--r--tests/regressiontests/views/tests/generic/simple.py38
-rw-r--r--tests/regressiontests/views/urls.py10
5 files changed, 63 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/django/views/generic/simple.py b/django/views/generic/simple.py
index 3b5309df96..435cd7623d 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/simple.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/simple.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def direct_to_template(request, template, extra_context=None, mimetype=None, **k
t = loader.get_template(template)
return HttpResponse(t.render(c), mimetype=mimetype)
-def redirect_to(request, url, permanent=True, **kwargs):
+def redirect_to(request, url, permanent=True, query_string=False, **kwargs):
"""
Redirect to a given URL.
@@ -33,7 +33,15 @@ def redirect_to(request, url, permanent=True, **kwargs):
If the ``permanent`` argument is False, then the response will have a 302
HTTP status code. Otherwise, the status code will be 301.
+
+ If the ``query_string`` argument is True, then the GET query string
+ from the request is appended to the URL.
+
"""
+ args = request.META["QUERY_STRING"]
+ if args and query_string and url is not None:
+ url = "%s?%s" % (url, args)
+
if url is not None:
klass = permanent and HttpResponsePermanentRedirect or HttpResponseRedirect
return klass(url % kwargs)
diff --git a/docs/ref/generic-views.txt b/docs/ref/generic-views.txt
index 65f0d2eb30..a7d67c74e3 100644
--- a/docs/ref/generic-views.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/generic-views.txt
@@ -88,9 +88,15 @@ If the given URL is ``None``, Django will return an ``HttpResponseGone`` (410).
redirect will use status code 301. If ``False``, then the redirect will
use status code 302. By default, ``permanent`` is ``True``.
+ * ``query_string``: Whether to pass along the GET query string to
+ the new location. If ``True``, then the query string is appended
+ to the URL. If ``False``, then the query string is discarded. By
+ default, ``query_string`` is ``False``.
+
.. versionadded:: 1.1
The ``permanent`` keyword argument is new in Django 1.1.
+
**Example:**
This example issues a permanent redirect (HTTP status code 301) from
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/views/tests/__init__.py b/tests/regressiontests/views/tests/__init__.py
index 697968ee52..edd533e175 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/views/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/views/tests/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from debug import *
from defaults import *
from generic.create_update import *
from generic.date_based import *
+from generic.simple import *
from i18n import *
from specials import *
from static import *
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/views/tests/generic/simple.py b/tests/regressiontests/views/tests/generic/simple.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f94b3da439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/views/tests/generic/simple.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+class RedirectToTest(TestCase):
+ def test_redirect_to_returns_permanent_redirect(self):
+ "simple.redirect_to returns a permanent redirect (301) by default"
+ response = self.client.get('/views/simple/redirect_to/')
+ self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 301)
+ self.assertEqual('http://testserver/views/simple/target/', response['Location'])
+
+ def test_redirect_to_can_return_a_temporary_redirect(self):
+ "simple.redirect_to returns a temporary redirect (302) when explicitely asked to"
+ response = self.client.get('/views/simple/redirect_to_temp/')
+ self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
+ self.assertEqual('http://testserver/views/simple/target/', response['Location'])
+
+ def test_redirect_to_on_empty_url_returns_gone(self):
+ "simple.redirect_to returns resource gone (410) when given a None url"
+ response = self.client.get('/views/simple/redirect_to_none/')
+ self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 410)
+
+ def test_redirect_to_allows_formatted_url_string(self):
+ "simple.redirect_to uses string interpolation on target url for keyword args"
+ response = self.client.get('/views/simple/redirect_to_arg/42/')
+ self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 301)
+ self.assertEqual('http://testserver/views/simple/target_arg/42/', response['Location'])
+
+ def test_redirect_to_allows_query_string_to_be_passed(self):
+ "simple.redirect_to configured with query_string=True passes on any query string"
+ # the default is to not forward the query string
+ response = self.client.get('/views/simple/redirect_to/?param1=foo&param2=bar')
+ self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 301)
+ self.assertEqual('http://testserver/views/simple/target/', response['Location'])
+ # views configured with query_string=True however passes the query string along
+ response = self.client.get('/views/simple/redirect_to_query/?param1=foo&param2=bar')
+ self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 301)
+ self.assertEqual('http://testserver/views/simple/target/?param1=foo&param2=bar', response['Location'])
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/views/urls.py b/tests/regressiontests/views/urls.py
index f5675d0e28..b42700baeb 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/views/urls.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/views/urls.py
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ urlpatterns += patterns('django.views.generic.date_based',
)
# crud generic views.
-
urlpatterns += patterns('django.views.generic.create_update',
(r'^create_update/member/create/article/$', 'create_object',
dict(login_required=True, model=Article)),
@@ -123,3 +122,12 @@ urlpatterns += patterns('regressiontests.views.views',
url(r'view_exception/(?P<n>\d+)/$', 'view_exception', name='view_exception'),
url(r'template_exception/(?P<n>\d+)/$', 'template_exception', name='template_exception'),
)
+
+# simple generic views.
+urlpatterns += patterns('django.views.generic.simple',
+ (r'^simple/redirect_to/$', 'redirect_to', dict(url='/views/simple/target/')),
+ (r'^simple/redirect_to_temp/$', 'redirect_to', dict(url='/views/simple/target/', permanent=False)),
+ (r'^simple/redirect_to_none/$', 'redirect_to', dict(url=None)),
+ (r'^simple/redirect_to_arg/(?P<id>\d+)/$', 'redirect_to', dict(url='/views/simple/target_arg/%(id)s/')),
+ (r'^simple/redirect_to_query/$', 'redirect_to', dict(url='/views/simple/target/', query_string=True)),
+)