[SOLVED] Problem with Django class-based LogoutView in Django 5.0

Problem with Django class-based LogoutView in Django 5.0

I used Django class-based login and logout views by "django.contrib.auth.urls", login feature works correctly, but when logging out via the link "http://127.0.0.1:8000/accounts/logout" it returns an http 405 error page, saying "method not allowed (GET)". I found out this logout feature was available in django 4.0 but in django 5.0 it's removed.

Support for logging out via GET requests in the django.contrib.auth.views.LogoutView and django.contrib.auth.views.logout_then_login() is removed. -djangoproject.com

How can I fix it?

I think I should somehow make it use POST request instead GET request when loging out but don't know how.

Solution

The problem was with the request method used, my initial template used GET method:

{% if user.is_authenticated %} 
<a href="{% url 'logout' %}">Log In</a>

but by editing the template to this:

<form action="{% url 'logout' %}" method="post">
    {% csrf_token %}
    <button type="submit">Log out</button>
</form>

it worked.