Modified forum views.py to use HttpResponse instead of HTML templates

widget_group_18/forum/templates/forum.html

-FORUM POSTS:<br>
-{% for i in post %}
-	{{i.post_title}} by {{i.author.first_name}} {{i.author.last_name}} dated {{i.pub_date.date|date:"m/d/Y"}}:<br>
-	{{i.post_body}}<br>
-	{% for j in reply %}
-		{% if j.post == i %}
-			Reply by {{j.author.first_name}} {{j.author.last_name}} dated {{j.pub_date.date|date:"m/d/Y"}}:<br>
-			{{j.reply_body}}<br>
-		{% endif %}
-	{% endfor %}
-	<br>
-{% endfor %}
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widget_group_18/forum/views.py

@@ -3,7 +3,19 @@ from django.http import HttpResponse
 from .models import Post, Reply
 
 def index(request):
+
+	message = 'FORUM POSTS:<br/>'
+
 	post = Post.objects.all()
 	reply = Reply.objects.all()
 
-	return render(request, 'forum.html', {'post': post, 'reply': reply})
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+	for i in post:
+		post_date = i.pub_date.date().strftime("%m/%d/%Y")
+		message += f'{i.post_title} by {i.author.first_name} {i.author.last_name} dated {post_date}:<br/>{i.post_body}<br/>'
+		for j in reply:
+			if j.post == i:
+				reply_date = j.pub_date.date().strftime("%m/%d/%Y")
+				message += f'Reply by {j.author.first_name} {j.author.last_name} dated {reply_date}:<br/>{j.reply_body}<br/>'
+		message += '<br/>'
+
+	return HttpResponse(message)
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