django views if statement not working with a boolean

boolean, django, if-statement, python, python-2.7

Solution

Your `print` statement shows `True` or `False` because you are returning the string representation of a boolean value in your `str` override. In other words, you are printing the strings 'True' or 'False'. The actual boolean field `confirmed` is a field in your model. You should change your if condition to:

if not confirmed.confirmed:
    ...

By the way, it may be a better idea to use `get_object_or_404` method instead of `get()` to return a 404 page instead of a server error when no `EmailConfirmed` objects could be found:

from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
...
def awaiting_email_confirmation(request):
    confirmed = get_object_or_404(EmailConfirmed, user=request.user)
    if not confirmed.confirmed:
        ...

Problem

My if statment always goes to the Else even if the boolean value changes? Working in Django 1.6.5 views.py ``` def awaiting_email_confirmation(request): confirmed = EmailConfirmed.objects.get(user=request.user) print confirmed if confirmed is False: print "if" template = 'accounts/email_confirmation.html' context = {} return render(request, template, context) else: print "else" return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("dashboard")) ``` My console will print ``` True else False else ``` This is my model.py for email confirmed ``` class EmailConfirmed(models.Model): user = models.OneToOneField(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL) activation_key = models.CharField(max_length=200) confirmed = models.BooleanField(default=False) def __unicode__(self): return str(self.confirmed) ```

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