CSRF with render_foo

[MBfromOK]

First off, my apologies if this is my error... I am new to django and django_tables2 and trying really hard...

The Project:

I am building an intranet app that pulls data from multiple sources, adds them to the db, then lists them using a searchable, sortable table

Environment:

Python (venv) 3.8.2 Django: 2.2.12 Django-tables2: 2.3.1

The Goal:

• A bootstrap 4 (ish) styled table displaying a searchable & sortable list of data.
• A clickable "link" listed under the data for column 3 using a render_foo()
  • Clicking will call a python function
  • Function will return a pass / fail
  • Currently using a button styled like a link
  • Status returned eventually as a JS alert instead of loading a new page

What is working:

- A bootstrap 4 (ish) styled table
- A clickable "link" listed under the data for column 3 using a render_foo()

What isn't working:

- When I click the link I get a 403 forbidden error 
- I added the following to my html after the render_table: 
    ```            csrftoken: {{ csrftoken }}<br>
                   csrf_token: {{ csrf_token }}
    ```
-  I added code to my button to set the csrftoken as a tooltip for the link
- When compared they look like this:
    - html:    ```Ldjjb8kjcGP3Y``` 
    - button:    ```yBqUw5ySKSxs``` 

Questions / Thoughts:

1. Am I overcomplicating this?
2. Is there a simple way to fix this?
3. Is there a way to pass the csrf during render?
4. Looking at the tutorial & example scripts it seems to work fine, but I don't see any render_foo examples?

#Edits:

• Complete re-write.

[MBfromOK]

On second thought... cleaning this up causes less clutter

Code pastebin coming next.

[MBfromOK]

Code pastebin: https://bpa.st/NB2Q

If anyone is willing to help me troubleshoot hit me up on discord: Compugician#1371

[jieter]

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