Django Registration View Not Rendering Template, Returns Minimal Response (71 Bytes)
I'm working on a Django project (version 5.2.6) and facing an issue with the student registration view. The login and logout views work perfectly, but the registration view (StudentRegistrationView) does not render the template (accounts/registration/student_register.html). Instead, the browser shows a minimal
response with the message:
This view is not implemented yet. URL: /accounts/auth/register/student/
The response size is only 71 bytes, and no errors are logged in the terminal. Below are the relevant details of my setup.
Project Details
Django Version: 5.2.6 Python Version: (Specify your Python version, e.g., 3.10) Database: SQLite (db.sqlite3) Debug Mode: True Template Backend: DjangoTemplates Development Server: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
When accessing /accounts/auth/register/student/, the page does not render the specified template (accounts/registration/student_register.html). Instead, it returns a 71-byte response with the message: This view is not implemented yet. URL: /accounts/auth/register/student/. No errors are logged in the terminal, and the debug toolbar is enabled. The login and logout views in the same app work correctly.
-Relevant Code
-Main URL Configuration (urls.py)
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include
from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static
import debug_toolbar
urlpatterns = [
path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
path("accounts/", include("apps.accounts.urls", namespace="accounts")),
]
if settings.DEBUG:
urlpatterns += [
path("__debug__/", include(debug_toolbar.urls)),
]
urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
-Accounts App URL Configuration (apps.accounts.urls)
from django.urls import path, include
from . import views
app_name = "accounts"
public_auth_urlpatterns = [
path("login/", views.LoginView.as_view(), name="login"),
path("logout/", views.LogoutView.as_view(), name="logout"),
path("register/student/", views.StudentRegistrationView.as_view(), name="register"),
# ... other URL patterns
]
urlpatterns = [
path("auth/", include(public_auth_urlpatterns)),
# ... other URL includes
path("", views.SmartDashboardRedirectView.as_view(), name="dashboard_redirect"),
]
-Student Registration Form (apps.accounts.forms.StudentRegistrationForm)
import logging
from django import forms
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
from django.db import transaction
User = get_user_model()
logger = logging.getLogger("luna_hub.auth")
class StudentRegistrationForm(forms.Form):
first_name = forms.CharField(
label=_("First Name"),
max_length=100,
widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={"class": "form-control", "placeholder": _("Enter your first name")}),
error_messages={"required": _("First name is required.")},
)
last_name = forms.CharField(
label=_("Last Name"),
max_length=100,
widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={"class": "form-control", "placeholder": _("Enter your last name")}),
error_messages={"required": _("Last name is required.")},
)
username = forms.CharField(
label=_("Username"),
max_length=50,
widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={"class": "form-control", "placeholder": _("Enter your username")}),
error_messages={"required": _("Username is required.")},
)
email = forms.EmailField(
label=_("Email"),
max_length=254,
widget=forms.EmailInput(attrs={"class": "form-control", "placeholder": _("Enter your email")}),
error_messages={"required": _("Email is required."), "invalid": _("Invalid email format.")},
)
phone = forms.CharField(
label=_("Phone"),
max_length=11,
widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={"class": "form-control", "placeholder": _("09123456789")}),
error_messages={"required": _("Phone number is required.")},
)
password = forms.CharField(
label=_("Password"),
widget=forms.PasswordInput(attrs={"class": "form-control", "placeholder": _("Enter your password")}),
error_messages={"required": _("Password is required.")},
)
password_confirm = forms.CharField(
label=_("Confirm Password"),
widget=forms.PasswordInput(attrs={"class": "form-control", "placeholder": _("Confirm your password")}),
error_messages={"required": _("Password confirmation is required.")},
)
terms_accepted = forms.BooleanField(
label=_("I accept the terms and conditions"),
required=True,
widget=forms.CheckboxInput(attrs={"class": "form-check-input"}),
error_messages={"required": _("You must accept the terms and conditions.")},
)
def clean(self):
cleaned_data = super().clean()
password = cleaned_data.get("password")
password_confirm = cleaned_data.get("password_confirm")
if password and password_confirm and password != password_confirm:
raise ValidationError({"password_confirm": _("Passwords do not match.")})
return cleaned_data
@transaction.atomic
def save(self):
user = User.objects.create_user(
username=self.cleaned_data["username"],
email=self.cleaned_data["email"],
phone=self.cleaned_data["phone"],
password=self.cleaned_data["password"],
)
# Create StudentProfile (simplified for brevity)
logger.info(f"Student registered: {user.email}")
return user
-Student Registration View (apps.accounts.views.StudentRegistrationView)
import logging
from django.contrib import messages
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from django.urls import reverse_lazy
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
from django.views.generic import FormView
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from axes.decorators import axes_dispatch
from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
from apps.accounts.forms import StudentRegistrationForm
logger = logging.getLogger("luna_hub.auth")
@method_decorator(axes_dispatch, name="dispatch")
class StudentRegistrationView(FormView):
template_name = "accounts/registration/student_register.html"
form_class = StudentRegistrationForm
success_url = reverse_lazy("accounts:login")
def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
if request.user.is_authenticated:
messages.info(request, _("You are already logged in."), extra_tags="student-register-info")
return redirect("accounts:dashboard_redirect")
return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
def get_form_kwargs(self):
kwargs = super().get_form_kwargs()
kwargs["request"] = self.request
return kwargs
def form_valid(self, form):
try:
user = form.save()
messages.success(
self.request,
_(f"Registration successful, {user.first_name}! You can now log in."),
extra_tags="student-register-success",
)
return HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Registration error: {str(e)}", exc_info=True)
messages.error(
self.request,
_("An error occurred during registration. Please try again or contact support."),
extra_tags="student-register-error",
)
return self.form_invalid(form)
def form_invalid(self, form):
if form.errors:
for error in form.non_field_errors():
messages.error(self.request, error, extra_tags="student-register-error")
else:
messages.error(
self.request,
_("Please correct the form errors."),
extra_tags="student-register-error",
)
return super().form_invalid(form)
-Template Settings (settings.py)
TEMPLATES = [
{
"BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
"DIRS": [BASE_DIR / "luna_hub" / "templates"],
"APP_DIRS": True,
"OPTIONS": {
"context_processors": [
"django.template.context_processors.debug",
"django.template.context_processors.request",
"django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
"django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
"django.template.context_processors.i18n",
"django.template.context_processors.media",
"django.template.context_processors.static",
"django.template.context_processors.tz",
],
},
},
]
-Terminal Output
Development settings loaded successfully!
Debug Mode: True
Database: SQLite (db.sqlite3)
Email Backend: Console
Debug Toolbar: Enabled
[INFO] 2025-10-02 15:23:26 AXES: BEGIN version 8.0.0, blocking by ip_address
[INFO] 2025-10-02 15:23:27 "GET /accounts/auth/register/student/ HTTP/1.1" 200 71
Why is the registration view not rendering the template and returning a minimal response instead? Could this be related to template loading, view configuration, or something else? How can I debug this further to identify the root cause?
Verified the template path (accounts/registration/student_register.html) exists in the apps/accounts/templates/ directory. Confirmed the URL pattern matches correctly in apps.accounts.urls. Checked that APP_DIRS is set to True in the template settings. Ensured the view is correctly mapped to StudentRegistrationView. Tested with DEBUG=True to catch any template-related errors.