# Redirecting after user input is submitted

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/redirecting-after-user-input-is-submitted/23177>\
**Category:** Forms & APIs\
**Created:** [August 18, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/redirecting-after-user-input-is-submitted/23177 "2023-08-18T20:54:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![pulledbeef](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/pulledbeef/32/15441_2.png) [@pulledbeef](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/pulledbeef)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/redirecting-after-user-input-is-submitted/23177/1 "2023-08-18T20:54:39Z")

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Hey,

I am having a view called home with some form and a submit button. The data put into the form is going to be used to calculate some math. After submitting I want to show the user the calculated result on a new view. Therefore i figured redirecting would be the best way to do that. I am redirecting as follows:

```auto
def home(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = BoxSize(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid(): 
            data = form.cleaned_data
            return redirect("result", data=data)

```

the result view :

```auto
def result(request, data):
    return render(request,'mysite/result.html', {'data' : data)

```

urls:

```auto
path('result/', result, name="result")

```

Now i get a error: NoReverseMatch

So i guess, there is a problem with the urls definition as it is missing the ‘data’ parameter in the def results(). Am i on the right track - in the sense how it is supposed to be done in django? I had it working if i render directly in the def home() instead of redirecting. But it felt that it would be cleaner if it is redirected to the actual view. Thanks

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**Author:** ![KenWhitesell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/kenwhitesell/32/280_2.png) [@KenWhitesell](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/KenWhitesell)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/redirecting-after-user-input-is-submitted/23177/2 "2023-08-18T21:55:42Z")

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Yes you _could_ do something like this, but this isn’t the “typical Django-style” pattern.

In the more traditional mode, you would either:

- Save the results of the calculation in a model or in the session, then redirect to a view that displays the contents of that model (or session).

- Have the form post to the other view that performs the calculation _there_, and renders the result.

Now, to address the specific error you are receiving, the is that you’re trying to pass `data` as a parameter for the url, which means your url needs to be defined to accept that parameter:

> [@pulledbeef](#):
>
> `path('result/', result, name="result")`

would need to become something like:  
`path('result/<str:data>/', result, name="result")`

See [Example #2](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/topics/http/shortcuts/#examples) in the docs for `redirect` along with the referenced docs for [reverse](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/urlresolvers/#reverse).