Django return sends me to index.html everytime I hit submit

Using Django
1

Hey,

I have a view with a form and its very weird, everytime I hit submit django adds /index.html to my url and sends me to that. Oviously the new url doesnt exist. I guess it has something to do with the render because its the only thing which gets triggered when I hit submit.

This is my view:

def view_linkshortener(request):
    token = uuid.uuid4()
    form = LinkForm()
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = LinkForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            linktemp = form.save(commit=False)
            linktemp.user = request.user
            linktemp.uid = token
            linktemp.save()


    context = {'form': form, 'token': token}
    return render(request, 'home/linkshortener.html', context)

Thanks for your help!

2

Is it only this form, or does it occur elsewhere on your site?

What url is mapped to this view?

You’re not returning a redirect here, so it’s possible (likely, even) that this is happening because of something else in your environment or configuration.

3

No it’s just here at this form,

this is my url for the view:

    path('linkshortener/', views.view_linkshortener, name="linkshortener"),
4

So you have other forms being submitted from other views that are working as expected?

5

yes thats correct, other forms are working as expected

6

How are you running this? Is this while running this under runserver, or in some other environment?

7

its running under runserver

8

Is there any JavaScript on that page? (Anything that might be listening to button clicks?)

Also, does your submit button have an action associated with it?

9

found the error, I made an "action=“index.html” in my form. Stupid me.

Thanks for your help