Transfer request to HTTPFound

[neurino]

Quickly my need:

each user has a *profile* view (`/profile`) with its _items_ listed in
it.

The list is no more than a POST form with a checkboxes list and
several submit buttons:

- Create new
- Delete selected items
- Compare selected items

While I can:

- Redirect user to *new* view (`/new`) using HTTPFound
- Delete selected items and show again *profile* view

I wish I can accomplish last task in a *compare* view (`/compare`)
without the need to change the form action from `/profile` (or having
two identical forms with just different submit buttons and actions).

Kind of transferring request to the new location.

Is it possible?

Any advice?

Thanks for your support

[Mengu]

can't you do it with AJAX?

[Wyatt Baldwin]

I'm not sure I follow this exactly, but could you create a template fragment (a %def in Mako) that contains the form and then call it with the differentiating args? Something like this:

<%def name="make_form(action, submit_value)">
    <form method="POST" action="${action}">
        <!-- form controls here -->
        <input type="submit" value="${submit_value}" />
    </form>
</%def>

[neurino]

Thanks for replies.

@Mengu:

Well I could simply do it with javascript and change form action on
submit to '/compare' if the submit button clicked is [Compare
selected].

But what about users with js disabled?

@Wyatt:

Consider this sample HTML produced by my already existing template
(beside note: I'm using pyramid_simpleform):

http://jsfiddle.net/AMyjJ/

* Consider New action, when user clicks [New] submit button:

request hits *profile* view ('/profile') and I simply redirect user to
'/new' like this:

if 'new' in request.params:
return HTTPFound(location=request.route_url('new'))

So user can create his new item in *new* view.

* With Compare action things get harder since I cannot only redirect
to *compare* view, I also need to pass ids of selected checkboxes.

Javascript solution I mentioned above is neat (see http://jsfiddle.net/AMyjJ/
) and I could force users with js disabled to go to '/compare' and
make their selections on that page.

What I was wondering is if there's a way to transfer a request to
another **along with redirection from one URI ('/profile') to another
('/compare')**

Thanks for your interest
neurino