Answer 1

   from django import http

   return http.HttpResponsePermanentRedirect('/yournewpage.html')

the browser will get the 301, and go to /yournewpage.html as expected. the other answer is technically correct, in that python is not handling the redirection per se, the browser is. this is what's happening under the hood:

Browser             Python         HTTP
   ------------------->            GET /youroldpage.html HTTP/1.1

   <-------------------            HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
                                   Location: /yournewpage.html
   ------------------->            GET /yournewpage.html HTTP/1.1

Answered by: Patrick562 | Posted: 01-03-2022

Answer 2

You can't.

301 is an HTTP return code that is directly acted upon by the browser. Many sites handle these two issues by first sending the user to a redirect-er page that tells the user about the change and then X seconds later sends them to the new page. But the redirect-er page must have a 200 code.

One small variant is to detect search engine spiders (by IP and/or user agent) and give them the 301. That way the search results point to your new page.

Answered by: Jared277 | Posted: 01-03-2022

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