I have JS function that sends POST request
let username = document.querySelector('.fw-user').innerText;
if (document.querySelector('.follow')) {
let followButton = document.querySelector('.follow');
followButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
fetch(`/follow/${username}`, {
method: 'POST',
})
.then(() => {
window.location.reload();
})
})
}
urls.py
path("follow/<creator>", views.follow, name="follow")
views.py
@csrf_exempt
@login_required
def follow(request, creator):
if request.method == "POST":
get_acc_id = User.objects.get(username=request.user.username)
get_creator_name = User.objects.get(username=creator)
follow = Followers.objects.create(follower_id=get_acc_id.id, creator=get_creator_name.username)
get_creator_name.followers += 1
get_creator_name.save()
return HttpResponse(status=204)
html
<button type="button" class="follow btn btn-outline-light btn-sm">Follow</button>
When i press this button, function sends 2 POST requests, instead of 1.
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The problem was not with the fetch, it was because follow function executes when DOM loaded, and I had another function with same event handler. Because of this, the event handler was executed several times.