Problem posting form data from a posted data page

Using Django
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I have a page that needs a POST id parameter to show routine information

http://localhost:8000/edit_routine/

In that page i have a form that posts data to update routine information, the form url is:

http://localhost:8000/exchange_exercises

When i access the first page the information is shown correctly.
When i post to second form, view code is executed but i end my view code with a render of the first page:
return render(request, 'rxWod/edit_routine.html', context)

The page is shown correctly with the updated data but the url remains the second one.

http://localhost:8000/exchange_exercises

I need to return to /edit_routine/ URL, remember that /edit_routine/ needs the POST field, so a simple redirect doesnt work.

My url configuration is:

path('edit_routine/', views.edit_routine, name='edit_routine'),
path('exchange_routine_exercise/', views.exchange_routine_exercise, name='exchange_routine_exercise'),

One solution could be using AJAX calls from edit_routine instead of using forms, but i dont know if there is a better or simple way of doing it.

Thanks in advance.

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I can think of at least four ways of doing this - but it kinda depends upon why you need the URL changed.

  1. If it’s just because your form in edit_routine needs to submit to edit_routine, you could set the action attribute on the submit button to make the form submit to edit_routine regardless of which URL rendered that form.

  2. You could pass the necessary parameter as a query parameter in the url. (e.g. redirect('edit_routine?id=12345')

  3. You could stash the current id in the user’s session to be accessed by the view handling edit_routine.

  4. You could use JavaScript to change the current location. See the Working with the History API docs along with pushState and replaceState functions.

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Thank you very much for your response, i am new in web programming world and i am reading about each option, i have a lot of to learn.
My first think is that the 3 option is the most appropiate for me.

Thank you for your sugestions.