Python return function error

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While running this function to validate captcha key and value i am not able to return it show error like this "AttributeError: 'bool' object has no attribute 'status_code'"

def validate(request):
 id=request.GET.get('id','')
 key=request.GET.get('key','') 
 captchavalue = mc.get(str(id))

 if captchavalue == key:

     return True

 else:

     return False

Views are supposed to return HttpResponse objects, not booleans. What exactly is the problem you're trying to solve. — Sam Dolan
– Sam Dolan, Commented May 9, 2011 at 18:10

ygneo · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-09 18:09:57Z

2

By reading the code and the error, I assume that validate is a view. A view must always return a HttpResponse. So if you want to return a response indicating a boolean value, indicating if captchavalue == key, do:

from django.http import HttpResponse

def validate(request):
 id=request.GET.get('id','')
 key=request.GET.get('key','') 
 captchavalue = mc.get(str(id))

 return HttpResponse(captchavalue == key)

I'm not 100% sure about the import line, but it's something very similar.

answered May 9, 2011 at 18:09

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Boaz Yaniv · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-09 18:09:13Z

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I don't know much Django, but it seems it expects you to return a response object instead of a bool value (True / False).

Maybe your code should like more like this:

if captchvalue == key:
    return HttpResponse('HTML Page saying OK')
else:
    return HttpResponse('HTML Page saying Error')

answered May 9, 2011 at 18:09

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