I'm trying to create a page in which you can change the language through a select, I followed a tutorial and just when I thought I had achieved it, I realize that nothing happens when doing the post.
This is what I have in settings.py:
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Application definition
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'languages',
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'curriculum.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'curriculum.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
},
]
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGES = (
('es', _('Espanish')),
('en', _('English')),
)
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'es'
TIME_ZONE = 'America/Mexico_City'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
LOCALE_PATHS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "locale"),
)
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
The project is called curriculum and it contains this in urls.py
from django.urls import include, path
from django.contrib import admin
urlpatterns = [
path('', include('languages.urls')),
path('languages/', include('languages.urls')),
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
]
And I have an app called languages which in urls.py contains:
from django.conf.urls import url, include
from . import views
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
url(r'^i18n/', include('django.conf.urls.i18n')),
]
Finally in templates this code is:
{% load i18n %}
<h1>{% blocktrans %}Hola{% endblocktrans %}</h1>
<p>{% blocktrans %}Bienvenido al sitio{% endblocktrans %}</p>
<form action="{% url 'set_language' %}" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
<input name="next" type="hidden" value="{{ redirect_to }}" />
<select name="language">
{% get_current_language as LANGUAGE_CODE %}
{% get_available_languages as LANGUAGES %}
{% for lang in LANGUAGES %}
<option value="{{ lang.0 }}" {% if lang.0 == LANGUAGE_CODE %} selected="selected"{% endif %}>
{{ lang.1 }} ({{ lang.0 }})
</option>
{% endfor %}
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Go" />
</form>
My local file is inside the app but I tried putting it together with manage.py