Replace redirects with a direct state response

django_backend/backend/frontend/views.py

 from django.contrib.auth import logout
 from django.db import connections
 from django.db.utils import OperationalError
-from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from rest_framework import views, viewsets
 from rest_framework.permissions import AllowAny
 from rest_framework.authentication import TokenAuthentication
@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@ from . import serializers, models as frontend_models
 from .. import models
 
 
+# Response for StateView, LogoutView, and all post requests
+def state_response(request):
+    response = {
+            'logged_in': request.user.is_authenticated()
+            }
+    if request.user.is_authenticated():
+        response['user'] = serializers.UserSerializer(request.user).data
+
+    response['state'] = serializers.StateSerializer(
+            frontend_models.State(request.user)).data
+
+    return Response(response)
+
+
 class OperationalView(views.APIView):
     authentication_classes = []
     permission_classes = (AllowAny,)
@@ -33,24 +47,14 @@ class OperationalView(views.APIView):
 class LogoutView(views.APIView):
     def post(self, request, format=None):
         logout(request)
-        return redirect('/backend/api/state/')
+        return state_response(request)
 
 
 class StateView(views.APIView):
     permission_classes = (AllowAny,)
 
     def get(self, request, format=None):
-
-        response = {
-                'logged_in': request.user.is_authenticated()
-                }
-        if request.user.is_authenticated():
-            response['user'] = serializers.UserSerializer(request.user).data
-
-        response['state'] = serializers.StateSerializer(
-                frontend_models.State(request.user)).data
-
-        return Response(response)
+        return state_response(request)
 
 
 class ServiceViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ class SSHPublicKeyView(views.APIView):
                 # of them until all clients have also deleted them
                 key.deleted = True
                 key.save()
-                return redirect('/backend/api/state/')
+                return state_response(request)
         elif request_type == 'add':
             if 'key' in request.data:
                 key = models.SSHPublicKey(
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ class SSHPublicKeyView(views.APIView):
                         key=request.data['key']['key'],
                         )
                 key.save()
-                return redirect('/backend/api/state/')
+                return state_response(request)
 
         return Response({'ok': False}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
@@ -120,11 +124,11 @@ class DeploymentView(views.APIView):
         if request_type == 'add':
             deployment.ssh_keys.add(request_key)
             deployment.save()
-            return redirect('/backend/api/state/')
+            return state_response(request)
         elif request_type == 'remove':
             deployment.ssh_keys.remove(request_key)
             deployment.save()
-            return redirect('/backend/api/state/')
+            return state_response(request)
 
         return Response({'ok': False}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)