Django HttpResponsePermanentRedirect don't process my view

Answer 1

Add from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse to your list of imports and then try this bit of code:

if slug == 'old-path':
    return HttpResponsePermanentRedirect(reverse('new-path'))

The problem you had was that HttpResponsePermanentRedirect() needs a path but you were providing it with a slug.

reverse() will search through your named URLs for the string you provide and return a path, which can then be redirected to properly.