What you need is actually very simple. Create a 'random_post' URL, which points to a view doing the shuffle logic and returns a redirect to the proper page, say '/post/$id', then make that a valid URL and use a DetailView.
On January 7, 2018 4:32:11 PM GMT+03:00, Ronnie Raney <theroni...@gmail.com> wrote: >If I understand you, you suggest using my existing DetailView url which >shows the detailed Post, but create a view which selects a random pk. > >I thought of this but I don’t know how to go about creeating a view >that selects a random pk, then applies to the existing urlpattern. > >My guess is to count() the Post objects, then randomly pick one of the >objects. Then somehow grab the primary key, post_id, and somehow insert >into a urlpattern. Also point to the correct template. Any help >appreciated! m712 -- https://nextchan.org -- https://gitgud.io/blazechan/blazechan I am awake between 3AM-8PM UTC, HMU if the site's broken -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/7F10E576-DF89-4403-B958-CCCC3B4D62B9%40getbackinthe.kitchen. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.