Django: call a view function via a button click

Question

I want to call a view function resign_game by clicking an html button. Here is what i have tried after reading some Stackoverflow posts:

<form action="{% url 'resign_game' %}" method="POST">
     <button type="button">RESIGN</button>
</form>

Here is what I have in my urls.py:

path('resign_game/', views.resign_current_game, name='resign_game')

However, the view function was never called after I clicked the button. I would appreciate your suggestions. Thanks!

Does this answer your question? How to execute python code by django html button? — cezar
– cezar, Commented Sep 3, 2020 at 10:14

ikkuh · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-03 10:16:23Z

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The button element with type="button" does not send the form. Either set the type to "submit":

 <button type="submit">RESIGN</button>

Or remove the type:

 <button>RESIGN</button>

answered Sep 3, 2020 at 10:16

ikkuh

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