Django redirect() doesn't redirect but rather refreshes the same page-CodePudding

view.py

@login_required(login_url='index', redirect_field_name=None)
def new_character(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
      character_form = CharacterForm(request.POST)
      if character_form.is_valid():
        new_character = character_form.save(commit=False)
        new_character.creator = request.user
        new_character.save()
        # If new_character has a primary key (pk) then it
        # means it was saved to the database.
        if new_character.pk:
          # TODO: For some reason this doesn't work.
          redirect('list_characters')
    else:
      character_form = CharacterForm()
    return render(request, 'characters/new-character.html', {'character_form': character_form})

urls.py

from django.urls import path

from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.list_characters, name='list_characters'),
    path('new/', views.new_character, name='new_character'),
]

I checked and new_character.pk is coerced to True. However, the redirect doesn't happen and instead the same page is simply refreshed.

CodePudding user response：

The issue here is that you are not returning the redirect, which results in the return render(request, 'characters/new-character.html'... being hit, changing from:

redirect('list_characters')

To:

return redirect('list_characters')

Should solve the issue