How do I call a Django function on button click?
here is a pure-javascript, minimalistic approach. I use JQuery but you can use any library (or even no libraries at all).
<html>
<head>
<title>An example</title>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
function call_counter(url, pk) {
window.open(url);
$.get('YOUR_VIEW_HERE/'+pk+'/', function (data) {
alert("counter updated!");
});
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<button onclick="call_counter('http://www.google.com', 12345);">
I update object 12345
</button>
<button onclick="call_counter('http://www.yahoo.com', 999);">
I update object 999
</button>
</body>
</html>
Alternative approach
Instead of placing the JavaScript code, you can change your link in this way:
<a target="_blank"
class="btn btn-info pull-right"
href="{% url YOUR_VIEW column_3_item.pk %}/?next={{column_3_item.link_for_item|urlencode:''}}">
Check It Out
</a>
and in your views.py
:
def YOUR_VIEW_DEF(request, pk):
YOUR_OBJECT.objects.filter(pk=pk).update(views=F('views')+1)
return HttpResponseRedirect(request.GET.get('next'))
There are 2 possible solutions that I personally use
1.without using form
<button type="submit" value={{excel_path}} onclick="location.href='{% url 'downloadexcel' %}'" name='mybtn2'>Download Excel file</button>
2.Using Form
<form action="{% url 'downloadexcel' %}" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
<button type="submit" name='mybtn2' value={{excel_path}}>Download results in Excel</button>
</form>
Where urls.py should have this
path('excel/',views1.downloadexcel,name="downloadexcel"),