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Asked: 2026-06-11T11:22:40+00:00

I am new to Django and HTML and I am trying to display a

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I am new to Django and HTML and I am trying to display a list of data derived from a form on the HttpResponseRedirect page. I have been reading Django APIs but I am still unsure of how to use HttpResponse() and HttpResponseRedirect().

As of now I understand that response = HttpResponse() makes an HttpResponse object of and HttpResponseRedirect(‘results’) redirects the browser to a new html template page.
What I dont know is how to write results.html to display on my browser.

I need help on how to write the HTML page.

I also need help on how to pass a list of data to that html page.

I would also be ok with displaying the list on the same html page the form is in instead of loading a new page.

Current code:
def contact(request):

if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
    form = ContactForm(request.POST) # A form bound to the POST data
    chosen = []
    if form.is_valid():
        strt = time.time()
        form = form.cleaned_data
        parameters = organize(form)
        print 'input organized'
        chosen, companies = multiple(parameters)
        end = time.time()
        pp.pprint(companies)
        print 'companies matching search filters: ' , len(companies)

        print 'total time: ' , str(end-strt)



    response = HttpResponse(chosen)
    return HttpResponseRedirect('results') # Redirect after POST
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  1. Editorial Team

    I think what you want is Django’s render_to_response shortcut. The first argument is an html template to use, and the second is a dictionary of values to pass to that template.

    At the top of your views.py file, include:

    from django.shortcuts import render_to_response

    and modify your code to read:

    if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
    form = ContactForm(request.POST) # A form bound to the POST data
    chosen = []
    if form.is_valid():
        strt = time.time()
        form = form.cleaned_data
        parameters = organize(form)
        print 'input organized'
        chosen, companies = multiple(parameters)
        end = time.time()
        pp.pprint(companies)
        print 'companies matching search filters: ' , len(companies)
        print 'total time: ' , str(end-strt)
    return render_to_response('results.html', {'chosen':chosen,'companies':companies,'start':start,'end':end}) # Redirect after POST

    Note that the second argument is a dictionary of values you’d like to pass to your template. The way I’ve written it, you’re passing 4 values (chosen, companies, start, end) but you can include as many as you’d like.

    Then create a file named results.html in your Templates directory (which is specified in the TEMPLATE_DIRS variable in your settings.py file). It could look something like this:

    <!DOCTYPE html>
<body>
<h1>Results</h1>
<p>Chosen: {{chosen}}</p>
<p>Companies: {{companies}}</p>
<p>Start: {{start}}</p>
<p>End: {{end}}</p>
</body>

    Django template syntax uses double curly braces {{}} to display variables passed to the template.

    Note that this approach will not change the URL. If you need to do this, try looking at this.

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