Django POST to other view

Question

I have the following form that lives on the site root at /

<form action='/play/' method='post'>
    {% csrf_token %}
    {{ form.player_name }}
    <input id='play' type='submit' value='Play'>
</form>

then I have the view that validates this form:

def login(request):    
    context = {}

    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = LoginForm(request.POST)

        if form.is_valid():
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/play/')
        else:
            context.update(dict(form=form))
    else:
        context.update(dict(form=LoginForm(initial={'player_name':'Please tell us your name'})))

    return render_to_response('login.html', context, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

And the actual play view:

def play(request):

    p1 = briscola.Player(request.POST['player_name'])

The problem is that of course the redirect looses the POST data. But why doesn't it POST directly to the play view by itself when the form.is_valid?

The easiest way is to store `player_name` at `request.session`. But I`d rather combine validation and actual play at the same view. — Serhii Holinei, Sep 19 '12 at 10:13
There's also another problem I just spotted that the first time the validation works but at the second attempt I'm able to submit an empty form and validation doesn't kick in — Lorenzo, Sep 19 '12 at 10:30
It's difficult to say something about validation problem without seeing form. — Serhii Holinei, Sep 19 '12 at 11:03
Look at this solution http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1345892/external-django-redirect-with-post-parameters — Sergey Lyapustin, Sep 19 '12 at 14:08

Django POST to other view

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