Adding a redirect to CreateAPIView

Question

I want to redirect the user to the AddQuestionsView after the user creates a quiz(after adding title).

My CreateQuiz

class CreateQuizzView(CreateAPIView):
    serializer_class = CreateQuizSerializer

My serializers.py file

class CreateQuizSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = Quizzer
        fields = ['title']

    def create(self, validated_data):
        user = self.context['request'].user
        new_quiz = Quizzer.objects.create(
            user=user,
            **validated_data
        )
        return new_quiz

Can i add redirect by adding any Mixin or change need to change the GenericView.

An `APIView` is normally *not* used by a browser, hence a redirect makes not much sense. — Willem Van Onsem, Dec 29 '20 at 14:55

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 29 '20 at 14:57

An APIView is normally not used by a browser, or at least not directly, hence a redirect makes not much sense. The idea is that some program makes HTTP requests, and thus retrieves a response. Most API handlers will not by default follow a redirect anyway.

You can however make a redirect, by overriding the post method:

from django.shortcuts import redirect

class CreateQuizzView(CreateAPIView):
    serializer_class = CreateQuizSerializer

    def post(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().post(*args, **kwargs)
        return redirect('name-of-the-view')

Adding a redirect to CreateAPIView

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