Django render redirect to page with changing url

Question

I am creating a custom login for my django application and problem occurs when i click logout on template I programmed it so it go to index page but the url in the browser remains http://127.0.0.1:8000/logout/ even reaching index page. I want it to become http://127.0.0.1:8000/ .

views.py

def logout(request):
    try:
        del request.session['uid']
        return render(request, 'home.html')
    except:
        pass
    return render(request, 'home.html')

def home_page(request):
    return render(request, 'home.html')

template

 <p>
    Publisher Dashboard, Welcome {{ user.name }}.
    <a href="{% url 'logout' %}" class="btn btn-primary">Logout</a>
</p>

urls.py

from django.conf.urls import url
from django.contrib import admin
from mainapp import views

urlpatterns = [
url(r'^$', views.home_page, name='homepage'),
url(r'^registration/$', views.signup_user, name='signup_user'),
....
url(r'^logout/$', views.logout, name='logout'),
]

Solution

Currently you are rendering the 'home.html template, instead of redirecting the user to the homepage.

If you want to redirect then you should return an HttpResponseRedirect response, or use the redirect shortcut.

from django.shortcuts import redirect

def logout(request):
    ...
    return redirect('/')

Comments

[Alasdair]

Django has a built in authentication system. You should use this if at all possible, rather than rolling your own system that uses session['uid'].

[Sarthak Rohilla]

can i use redirect() to send some value from views.py to template as redirect('/', { 'user': user }) ? @Alasdair

[Alasdair]

No. See this answer.

[Sarthak Rohilla]

Thanks for help. @Alasdair