Details Template

The next step in our web page will be to add a Details page, where we can list more details about a specific member.

Start by creating a new template called details.html:

Add Link in all-members Template

The list in all_members.html should be clickable, and take you to the details page with the ID of the member you clicked on:

Create new View

Then create a new view in the views.py file, that will deal with incoming requests to the /details/ url:

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import loader
from .models import Member

def members(request):
  mymembers = Member.objects.all().values()
  template = loader.get_template('all_members.html')
  context = {
    'mymembers': mymembers,
  }
  return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))
  
def details(request, id):
  mymember = Member.objects.get(id=id)
  template = loader.get_template('details.html')
  context = {
    'mymember': mymember,
  }
  return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))

The details view does the following:

• Gets the id as an argument.
• Uses the id to locate the correct record in the Member table.
• loads the details.html template.
• Creates an object containing the member.
• Sends the object to the template.
• Outputs the HTML that is rendered by the template.

Add URLs

Now we need to make sure that the /details/ url points to the correct view, with id as a parameter.

Open the urls.py file and add the details view to the urlpatterns list:

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('members/', views.members, name='members'),
    path('members/details/', views.details, name='details'),
]

If you have followed all the steps on your own computer, you can see the result in your own browser: .

If the server is down, you have to start it again with the runserver command: