#36575: Document logout link workaround with a better URL name
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Reporter: adehnert | Type: Uncategorized
Status: new | Component: Documentation
Version: 5.1 | Severity: Normal
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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The Django 4.1 release notes mention:
If you want to retain the user experience of an HTML link, you can use
a form that is styled to appear as a link:
{{{
<form id="logout-form" method="post" action="{% url 'admin:logout'
%}">
{% csrf_token %}
<button type="submit">{% translate "Log out" %}</button>
</form>
}}}
However, the `admin:logout` view appears to require the the user have
admin access (at least, empirically, my user that doesn't gets redirected
to `/admin/` and then `/admin/login/`). The plain `logout` URL name
(https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/topics/auth/default/#django.contrib.auth.views.LogoutView),
which doesn't require this, seems like a better fit.
(Relatedly, this information seems pretty timeless -- should it be
included in say the docs for LogoutView, rather than just some
increasingly-old release notes? Presumably somebody writing a brand-new
Django 5.2 app *also* wants to know how to make a logout link. I spent a
bit looking around the docs and don't see it mentioned anywhere --
actually, I was a little surprised that the tutorial doesn't obviously
mention extending base templates and provide a sample template with a
login link, logout link, etc..)
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