django redirecting '/' to a flat page

Question

I'm trying to get '/' to redirect to '/first-page' where '/first-page' is a built-in flat page with the slug first-page

I'm looking for something like

(r'^/', 'redirect_to', {'url': '/flat-page'}),

possible duplicate of [Python + Django page redirect](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/523356/python-django-page-redirect) — Josh Lee, Dec 15 '10 at 23:57
@jleedev: it is a duplicate, but the "best" answer has changed since then with the introduction of the `redirect_to` generic view. — Chris Morgan, Dec 16 '10 at 00:20
@Chris, `redirect_to` was in Django 1.0 (http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.0/ref/generic-views/#django-views-generic-simple-redirect-to) which existed before that top voted answer on the possible duplicate. Tssk. Let's upvote the `redirect_to` answer over there to fix this travesty http://stackoverflow.com/questions/523356/python-django-page-redirect/3841632#3841632 ;) — Day, Dec 16 '10 at 00:32

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 09 '12 at 09:09

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Use Django's generic views

urlpatterns = patterns('django.views.generic.simple',
    ('^$', 'redirect_to', {'url': '/first-page'}),
)
urlpatterns += patterns('myProject.myApp',
    ...
)

or

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    ('^$', 'django.views.generic.simple.redirect_to', {'url': '/first-page'}),
    ...
)

See the docs for more info and examples.

Watch your URL matching too, that one you have will match anything starting with /. Like example.com//anything, note the double slash.

edited Jun 09 '12 at 09:09

Wladimir Palant

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answered Dec 16 '10 at 00:08

Jake

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+1 for `django.views.generic.simple.redirect_to`, +1 for `'^$'` instead of `'^/'` which will match everything and so would need to go last and would break 404s. – Chris Morgan Dec 16 '10 at 00:18
Thanks @Chris, am I right that `r'^/'` would match `example.com//anything` but not `example.com/anything` ? I haven't tested that. -- Update: tested and correct. – Jake Dec 16 '10 at 00:22

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 02 '15 at 12:53

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Inside the view for the url, you can use HttpResponseRedirect.

from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect

def rootview(request):
    return HttpResponseRedirect('/flat-page')

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answered Dec 15 '10 at 23:57

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aligf · Answer 3 · 2010-12-16T00:24:45.670

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Use HttpResponsePermanentRedirect:

from django.http import HttpResponsePermanentRedirect
# ...
(r'^$', 'redirect_to', lambda request: HttpResponsePermanentRedirect('/flat-page')),

edited Dec 16 '10 at 00:24

answered Dec 16 '10 at 00:07

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I don't think that will even work. If you insist on using a lambda function do this: `(r'^$', lambda request: HttpResponsePermanentRedirect('/flat-page'))` – Jake Dec 16 '10 at 00:18
You're right. I took the code from the question, which I assumed to be correct. – aligf Dec 16 '10 at 00:23

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