Issue with ajax call csfr token - ajax

Question

I am trying to add an ajax call that changes the status of a listing, between listed and unlisted, when submitting the form I am having a 403 forbidden error in the console of the browser, I made some checking and it appears that Django is forbidding the form because of a lack of csrf token, however I am not good in javascript, so any help would be appreciated.
Here is my code in my view:
#require_POST
#ajax_required
#login_required
def unlist_ajax(request):
pk = request.POST.get('pk', None)
is_visible = request.POST.get('is_visible', None)
if pk and is_visible:
listing = get_object_or_404(Listing, pk=pk)
if is_visible == 'true':
listing.is_visible = False
listing.save()
messages.success(request, _("Listing unlisted"))
return JsonResponse({'status': 'ok'})
else:
listing.is_visible = True
listing.save()
messages.success(request, _("Listing re-listed"))
return JsonResponse({'status':'ok'})
and here is the template script:
in the top of the template, in the header:
<script>
function unlistPostAjax(listing_id, is_visible) {
var confirmation = confirm("{% trans 'are you sure you want to change the status of your listing?' %}");
if (confirmation) {
$.post("{% url 'dashboard:unlist_ajax' %}", {pk: listing_id, is_visible: is_visible}, function (response) {
console.log('sending delete query'); location.reload();
})
}
}
</script>
and in the bottom of the body:
<script src="{% static 'js/jquery.cookie.js' %}"> </script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
var csrftoken = $.cookie('csrftoken');
function csrfSafeMethod (method) {
// These HTTP methods do not require CSRF protection
return (/^(GET|HEAD|OPTIONS|TRACE)$/.test(method));
}
$.ajaxSetup({
beforeSend: function (xhr, settings) {
if(!csrfSafeMethod(settings.type) && !this.crossDomain) {
// Set X-CSRFToken HTTP Header
xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", csrftoken);
}
}
});
});
</script>

Answer 1

You can add this to the top of your <script> or if you have a base html template you can put this in there too.
{% csrf_token %}
<script type="text/javascript">
var csrftoken = jQuery("[name=csrfmiddlewaretoken]").val();
function csrfSafeMethod(method) {
// these HTTP methods do not require CSRF protection
return (/^(GET|HEAD|OPTIONS|TRACE)$/.test(method));
}
$.ajaxSetup({
beforeSend: function(xhr, settings) {
if (!csrfSafeMethod(settings.type) && !this.crossDomain) {
xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", csrftoken);
}
}
});
</script>
Believe you just need to add the csrf above the script you defined, but this is the whole implementation I currently use. I have no issues.