The str object does not have the META attribute

Question

I get an error message:

'str' object has no attribute 'META'

Traceback highlights this bit of code:

return render('login.html', c)

Where is this bit of code located in my view.py:

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect    # allows us to redirect the browser to a difference URL
from django.contrib import auth                 # checks username and password handles login and log outs
from django.core.context_processors import csrf # csrf - cross site request forgery. 

def login(request):
    c = {}
    c.update(csrf(request))
    return render('login.html', c)

Here's what my template looks like:

{% extends "base.html"%}

{% block content %}

    {% if form.errors %}
        <p class = 'error'>Sorry, that not a valid username or password</p>
    {% endif %}

    <form action = '/accounts/auth/' method = 'post'> {% csrf_token %}
        <label for = 'username'>User name: </label>
        <input type = 'text' name = 'username' value = '' id = 'username'>
        <label for = 'password'>Password: </label>
        <input type = 'password' name = 'password' value = '' id = 'password'>

        <input type = 'submit' value = 'login'>
    </form>
{% endblock %}  

I suppose that I might be misused render(), but in the docs I think I enter the correct parameters.

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/shortcuts/

Answer 1

The first parameter render()is the object request, so update your line to

return render(request, 'login.html', c)

It tries to pass request.META, but you pass the string 'login.html', therefore this error.