[Answered ]-Transferring user input from one page to another

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This is going to be a very general type of answer since you are not providing your models or your views, but I think the idea would be the following.

First, in your template you can pass a parameter for the course number in the url:

your_template.html

<a class="btn btn-outline-secondary" 
   href="{% url 'study:course-session' course.pk %}">
   {{ course.subject }} {{ course.number}}-{{course.name}}
</a>

Then in your view you can access that value, and from it get the course:

views.py

def the_view_name(request, course_pk):
    # Here you now have access to the course's primary key, pk, so you can get the 
    # course and filter the study sessions by that course, etc...

You will need to modify the urls.py so the view can accept this new parameter:

urls.py

path('the_view_name/<int:course_pk>', views.the_view_name, name='the_view_name'),

EDIT
Make the following changes:
First to your views.py:

def CourseSessionView(request, course_pk):

    try:
        course_wanted = Course.objects.get(id=course_pk)
    except:
        return messages.error(request, 'course not found')

    study_sessions = Study.objects.filter(course=course_wanted)

    if study_sessions.count() < 1:
        return messages.error(request, 'There are no upcoming study sessions at this time for the requested course')

    context = {
        'study_sessions': study_sessions,
    }

    return render(request, 'study/your_template_file.html', context)

Then in your html

<h1><center>Upcoming Study Sessions</center></h1>

<div>
<a class="btn btn-success" style="position:absolute; margin-right:2px; top:15%; right:0;" href="{% url 'study:courses' %}" role="button" >Back to My Courses</a>

</div>
<br><br>

<div class="container h-100" style="top:50%; bottom:50%; width:100%;">

  {% for session in study_sessions %}
  <div class="row">
   <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" >Date/Time: {{ session.date }} <br> Location: {{ session.location }} </button>
   <br><br><br>
  </div>
  {% endfor %}
  
</div>
👤raphael

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Note: The function based views’ name doesn’t require to be in PascalCase as in your case, it should be in snake_case.

The page that show the user’s courses, there you need to pk of courses:


<div class="container h-100" style="top:50%; bottom:50%; width:100%;">
  <div class="row">
    {% if courses_list %}
    {% for course in courses_list %}
    <a type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" href="{% url 'study:course-session' course.pk %}" >{{ course.subject }} {{ course.number}}-{{course.name}} </a>
    <br><br><br>
    {% endfor %}
    {% else %}
    <p class="text-center">You have not added any courses yet!</p>
    {% endif %}

  </div>
</div>

Your view for the template, i am defining it in snake_case, since its recommended way.

def course_session(request, course_pk):
    course_wanted = Course.objects.get(id=course_pk)
    study_courses=''
    try:
        study_courses= Study.objects.filter(course=course_wanted)
    except:
        messages.error(request, 'There are no upcoming study sessions at this time for the requested course.')
    else:
        return render(request,'anyfolder/anyfile.html',{'study_courses':study_courses})
    
    return render(request,'anyfolder/anyfile.html') #then it will show only your error message.

Your url in urls.py be like:

path('any_route_name/<int:course_pk>/', views.course_session, name='course_session')

Note: Never forget to pass / at the end of your url or route_name.

Then, in your any template file you can access it and run loop:

{% for study in study_courses %}
{{study.organizer}},{{study.date}}
{% endfor %}

Then, you can access all its properties, and take benefit of ManyToOne relation.

👤Sunderam Dubey

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