Want to print out a list of items from another view django - django

Question

I have a view which displays a list items.
def edit_order(request, order_no):
try:
status_list = models.Status.objects.all()
order = models.Order.objects.get(pk = order_no)
if order.is_storage:
items = models.StorageItem.objects.filter(orderstoragelist__order__pk = order.pk)
else:
items = models.StorageItem.objects.filter(orderservicelist__order__pk = order.pk)
except:
return HttpResponseNotFound()
I want to put these list of item in another view. Unfortunately this is proving to be trickier then I thought.
#login_required
def client_items(request, client_id = 0):
client = None
items = None
try:
client = models.Client.objects.get(pk = client_id)
items = client.storageitem_set.all()
item_list = models.StorageItem.objects.filter(orderstoragelist__order__pk = order.pk)
except:
return HttpResponse(reverse(return_clients))
return render_to_response('items.html', {'items':items, 'client':client, 'item_list':item_list}, context_instance = RequestContext(request))
I thought maybe I can just paste the definition of items and just call that item_list but that does not work. Any ideas
items.html
{% for item in item_list %}
{{item.tiptop_id}
{% endfor %}

Answer 1

From your comment:
I get a white screen with the url printed on the screen. /tiptop/client in this case.
Because that's what you've asked for:
except:
return HttpResponse(reverse(return_clients))
This means that if there are any bugs or problems in the above, your view will simply output a response containing just that URL. Maybe you meant to use HttpResponseRedirect, so the browser actually redirects to the URL - but still you should not use a blank except, as it prevents you from seeing what is actually going wrong.
To answer the main question, think about what your edit_order view returns: it gives you a complete HTML response with a rendered template. How could you use that as an element in a query in another view? You need to think logically about this.
One possible solution would be to define a separate function which just returns the data you want - as a plain queryset - and both views can call it. Does that do what you want?