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Can I simulate a form of behavior type when a user clicks on a simple link?

For example, can I have in views.py

def remove(request, entity_id):
   #remove the object with entity_id here

And in HTML

<a href="profile/remove/{{ obj.entity_id }}">

And in urls.py

(r'^app/profile/remove/(?P<entity_id>\d+)', 'app.views.remove')

Or do I need to use a proper HTML form like in the tutorial ?

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GET / HEAD requests should not have any harmful side effects (from the HTTP 1.1 spec, 9.1 : "In particular, it has been a convention that the GET and HEAD methods SHOULD NOT have the meaning of taking any action other than retrieving.") That for POST / PUT / DELETE methods.



In addition, Django will not prohibit deleting a row from the database on a GET request if that is what you are asking for.

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