[Answered ]-Django view returning POST instead of GET request

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The login page should be accessed twice: when the user is redirected to it , so using GET, and again when the user sends the filled form, this time using POST. Your view logic should deal with the two types of requisition:

def user_login(request):
    if request.POST:
        form = UserForm(request.POST) # note that I renamed your form
        username = request.POST['username']
        password = request.POST['password']
        user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
        if user is not None:
            if user.is_active:
                login(request, user)
                return redirect('profile', kwargs={username=user})
    else: # request is GET
        form = UserForm()
    return render(request, 'login.html', {'form': form})

@require_GET()
def profile(request, username): 
    user = Users.objects.get(username=username)
    interests = Interests.objects.filter(member=user).values_list('item', flat=True)       
    info = Bios.objects.get(author=user)
    context = {
        'user': user,
        "interests": interests,
        'info': info
    }
    return render(request, 'profile.html', context)

I also changed the profile view a little bit to use what I believe to be the best practices in Django function based views.

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