How can I return a redirect and file in Django?

Question

I'm working on a form that when submitted has the option to export a PDF. This is great, but I would also like to be able to return a new URL for the user to be redirected to as well as downloading the file. Something that combines render() or redirect() with FileResponse() .

Answer 1

For this to work, you will need two views. One to serve the redirect and another one to serve the file to be downloaded. Here is a simplified implementation:

def myform(request):
    form = MyForm(request.POST)
    if form.is_valid():
        return redirect("/download/file.pdf")

def download(request):
    file = open("file.pdf", "rb")
    return FileResponse(file, as_attachment=True)