DJANGO: TemplateDoesNotExist: auth/user_confirm_delete.html

Question

I'm trying to create a "delete account" functionality in Django. I use DeleteView for this purpose.

The problem is that after calling this view, Django raises:

Request Method: GET
Request URL:    http://127.0.0.1:8000/profiles/delete-account/
Django Version: 1.11.7
Exception Type: TemplateDoesNotExist
Exception Value:    
auth/user_confirm_delete.html

My view:

class DeleteAccount(LoginRequiredMixin,DeleteView):
    model = User

    def get_object(self, queryset=None):
        user = self.request.user
        userprofile = user.userprofile
        userprofile.prepare_to_delete_account()
        return user

Why it tries to render this template and why there is no such template if it's being called?

Do you know how to fix this?

Answer 1

The view renders a template to confirm that you want to delete the object.

By default it generates the template name auth/user_confirm_delete.html from the app and model name.

If you want to use another template, set template_name.

class DeleteAccount(LoginRequiredMixin,DeleteView):
    model = User
    template_name = 'delete_account.html'

You must create the template, Django does not include it. There is an example in the docs that you can extend:

<form action="" method="post">{% csrf_token %}
    <p>Are you sure you want to delete "{{ object }}"?</p>
    <input type="submit" value="Confirm" />
</form>