Hi.
Since you do have show post url, I would create random view just to
redirect to show post view with random post id.
7.1.2018 5.49 ap. "Ronnie Raney" <theroni...@gmail.com> kirjoitti:
> Greetings! My first time using this forum. Using Django 2.0 for a project.
> I'm a beginner so I appreciate your patience.
>
> I have a type of blog app, but I don't want the routing/url to be
> traditional. I want the user to be able to hit a button that says "Random
> Post" which takes them to a random blog post.
>
> I'm not at all sure of the best way to approach this, but I'll share what
> I have for context. This blog works because I have class-based views using
> ListView and DetailView. I have a template that shows ALL of the blog posts
> in chronological order as a ListView, and I have a template that shows each
> blog post as a DetailView. It works great but I want this "random"
> functionality for my routing.
>
> *Model*: I created a model called Post with all the typical fields,
> including a unique autofield. My intention was to randomly select a pk
> using this autofield. I thought about using a property to do some of the
> querying/logic for my random functionality, but I'm not sure if this is the
> best way to do it.
>
> *View: *I have created a custom method-type view, but it doesn't work.
>
> def random_post(request):
>>
>> posts = Post.objects.all()
>>
>> shuffle (posts)
>>
>> random_obj = posts.first()
>>
>> context = {'random_obj': random_obj,}
>>
>> return render(request, 'blog/random_post.html', context)
>>
>>
> *URL: *I have a 'path' type urlpattern...
>
> path('posts/random_post/', views.random_post, name='random_post'),
>>
>
> *TEMPLATE: *Here is the link to my randomly selected blog post...
>
> <a class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" href="{% url 'random_post' %}"
>> role="button">Random Blog Post</a>
>
>
> The "Detail" template for my blog post has nothing special. The routing
> seems to work just fine, but the fields are empty. No data is being sent
> from the model to the view.
>
> FYI, this is actually not a blog. I'm using blog logic for the sake of
> conversation, but I have a very specialized reason for wanting to choose
> random objects and render them in a view.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
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