Redirect to display of slug after shortening

litl/settings.py

@@ -124,3 +124,8 @@ USE_TZ = True
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static_files")
 STATICFILES_DIRS = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static/"),)
+
+# Parameters of the shortener:
+
+RANDOM_SLUG_LEN = 5
+UID_LEN = 10

litl/templates/display.html

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+
+{% block content %}
+Slug : {{slug.slug}}
+Destination: {{slug.destination}}
+Date: {{slug.date}}
+{% endblock %}

litl/urls.py

@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ Including another URLconf
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path
 
-from .views import index, AddSlug
+from .views import index, AddSlug, display
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
     #path('', index, name="index"),
     path('', AddSlug, name="index"),
-
+    #path(r"^display/(?P<slug_slug>[a-zA-Z0-9]+)$", display, name="display"),
+    path('display/<slug:slug>/', display, name='display'),
 ]

litl/views.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 
-from .settings import TEMPLATES
+from .settings import TEMPLATES, RANDOM_SLUG_LEN, UID_LEN
 from .models import Slug
 from .forms import SlugAddForm
 
@@ -25,19 +25,23 @@ def AddSlug(request):
     """
     if request.method == 'POST':
         form = SlugAddForm(request.POST)
-
         if form.is_valid():
             slug = form.save(commit=False)
             if slug.slug == '':
-                slug.slug = ''.join(random.choice(ensemble) for _ in range(5))
-
-            slug.uid = ''.join(random.choice(ensemble) for _ in range(20))
-
+                slug.slug = ''.join(random.choice(ensemble) for _ in range(RANDOM_SLUG_LEN))
+            slug.uid = ''.join(random.choice(ensemble) for _ in range(UID_LEN))
             slug.save()
-
-            return HttpResponseRedirect('')
+            return HttpResponseRedirect('display/{}'.format(slug.slug))
     else:
         form = SlugAddForm()
-
     return render(request,'add_slug.html',{'form':form})
 
+def display(request, slug):
+    slug = Slug.objects.filter(slug = slug).all()
+    if slug.count()!=1:
+        # TODO Redirect to 'unknown and display a message
+        return HttpResponsRedirect('display')
+    else:
+        context = {'slug':slug.get()}
+        return render(request,'display.html',context)
+