I try to build a very simple website where one can add data into sqlite3 database. I have a POST form with two text input.
index.html:
{% if top_list %}
<ul>
<b><pre>Name Total steps</pre></b>
{% for t in top_list %}
<pre>{{t.name}} {{t.total_steps}}</pre>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
{% else %}
<p>No data available.</p>
{% endif %}
<br>
<form action="/steps_count/" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
Name: <input type="text" name="Name" /><br />
Steps: <input type="text" name="Steps" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Add" />
</form>
forms.py:
from django import forms
from steps_count.models import Top_List
class Top_List_Form(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model=Top_List
views.py:
# Create your views here.
from django.template import Context, loader
from django.http import HttpResponse
from steps_count.models import Top_List
from steps_count.forms import Top_List_Form
from django.template import RequestContext
from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render_to_response
def index(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
#form = Top_List_Form(request.POST)
print "Do something"
else:
top_list = Top_List.objects.all().order_by('total_steps').reverse()
t = loader.get_template('steps_count/index.html')
c = Context({'top_list': top_list,})
#output = ''.join([(t.name+'\t'+str(t.total_steps)+'\n') for t in top_list])
return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
However, when I click the "submit" button, I get the 403 error:
CSRF verification failed. Request aborted.
I have included {% csrf_token %}
in index.html. However, if it is a RequestContext problem, I really have NO idea on where and how to use it. I want everything to happen on the same page (index.html).
Use the render
shortcut which adds RequestContext
automatically.
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
from steps_count.models import Top_List
from steps_count.forms import Top_List_Form
def index(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
#form = Top_List_Form(request.POST)
return HttpResponse("Do something") # methods must return HttpResponse
else:
top_list = Top_List.objects.all().order_by('total_steps').reverse()
#output = ''.join([(t.name+'\t'+str(t.total_steps)+'\n') for t in top_list])
return render(request,'steps_count/index.html',{'top_list': top_list})
When you found this type of message , it means CSRF token missing or incorrect. So you have two choices.
For POST forms, you need to ensure:
Your browser is accepting cookies.
In the template, there is a {% csrf_token %} template tag inside each POST form that targets an internal URL.
The other simple way is just commented one line (NOT RECOMMENDED)('django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware') in MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES from setting tab.
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
# 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
)
You should use
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
.
.
.
return render_to_response("steps_count/index.html", {'top_list': top_list}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
instead of
return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
read about "Context Processors" and see this link for details about how CSRF protection works in Django.
UPDATE
I misread the HttpResponse as render_to_response. I updated my previous answer.
A common mistake here is using render_to_response (this is commonly used in older tutorials), which doesn't automatically include RequestContext. Render does automatically include it.
Learned this when creating a new app while following a tutorial and CSRF wasn't working for pages in the new app.
You may have missed adding the following to your form:
{% csrf_token %}
function yourFunctionName(data_1,data_2){
context = {}
context['id'] = data_1
context['Valid'] = data_2
$.ajax({
beforeSend:function(xhr, settings) {
function getCookie(name) {
var cookieValue = null;
if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
break;
}
}
}
return cookieValue;
}
if (settings.url == "your-url")
xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", getCookie('csrftoken'));
},
url: "your-url",
type: "POST",
data: JSON.stringify(context),
dataType: 'json',
contentType: 'application/json'
}).done(function( data ) {
});
if you put {%csrf_token%} and still you have the same issue, please try to change your angular version. because its works for me. initially i faced this issue while using angular 1.4.x version . after i degrade it into angular 1.2.8, my problem was fixed.
and dont forgot to add angular-cookies.js and put this on your js file.
if you using post request.
"app.run(function($http, $cookies) {
console.log($cookies.csrftoken)
$http.defaults.headers.post['X-CSRFToken'] = $cookies.csrftoken;
});
"
In your HTML header, add
<meta name="csrf_token" content="{{ csrf_token }}">
Then in your JS/angular config:
app.config(function($httpProvider){
$httpProvider.defaults.headers.post['X-CSRFToken'] = $('meta[name=csrf_token]').attr('content');
}