maximum recursion depth exceeded on logout(request)

Question

I'm trying to create the logout functionality on my page. But getting this recursion error, everytime I hit the link that points to the logout url.

Below is the code, for what is suppose to be showing content and a logout functionality if the user is logged in. Otherwise show the login form.

view methods

def login(request):

   username = request.POST.get('username')
   password = request.POST.get('password')

   user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)

   context = {

   }

   if user is not None:
       print('Correct user'   
   else:
       print('Wrong user')

       return render(request, 'index.html', context)

def logout(request):
    print('logged out')
    logout(request)

    return redirect('index')

url

urlpatterns = [
            url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),         

            url(r'^login/$', views.login, name='login'), 

            url(r'^logout/$', views.logout, name='logout'),
]

index.html

    {% if user %}
        <h3>Hello {{user.username}}</h3>
        <a href="{% url 'crowd:logout' %}">Logout</a>
    {% else %}
        <form action="{% url 'crowd:login' %}" method='post'>
        {% csrf_token %}
            <input class='logintext' type='text' placeholder='Username' name='username'>
            <input class='logintext' type='password' placeholder='Password' name='password'><br>
            <input class='loginbutton' type='submit' value='Login'>
            <a class='loginforgotpassword' href="{% url 'crowd:register' %}"> Forgot password?</a>
            <a class='loginregister' href="{% url 'crowd:register' %}"> Register</a>
        </form>
    {% endif%}  

console error:

  File "C:\Users\Rasmus\workspace\Crowd\src\Cr\views.py", line 48, in logout
    logout(request)
  File "C:\Users\Rasmus\workspace\Crowd\src\Cr\views.py", line 48, in logout
    logout(request)
  File "C:\Users\Rasmus\workspace\Crowd\src\Cr\views.py", line 48, in logout
    logout(request)
  File "C:\Users\Rasmus\workspace\Crowd\src\Cr\views.py", line 47, in logout
    print('logged out')
RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded
[04/Sep/2016 23:35:59] "GET /Crowd/logout/ HTTP/1.1" 500 3210436

Answer 1

Kindly change name of your logout view.

The error is with:

def logout(request):
    print('logged out')
    logout(request)

    return redirect('index')

your view name is logout with request parameter. so when you call logout(request) in the view, it calls your logout view not Django's logout function. that's causing recursion.