Django - To display message from Message Framework correctly
To be able to display the messages from Django's Message Framework, you have to provide the request context in the return. For example: views.py: ====== def export(request): csv_file = get_csv_file(request) if type(csv_file).__name__=='file': response = HttpResponse(csv_file, mimetype='application/csv') response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=mycsv.csv' return response else: if excel_file==0: messages.add_message(request, messages.WARNING, 'No thing.') return redirect('myapp.views.showall') If the csv_file is not a file, a message will be added to the message framework, and the user will be redirected back to the showall view. In the showall view, we have to return the request context: views.py: ======= def showall (request): ... return render_to_response('showall.html', locals(), context_instance=RequestContext(request)) showall.html: ========= {% if messages ...