creating an if statement to look for specific button press - django

Question

first time poster! I'm still fairly new to coding and Django...
I'm looking to create a django if statement to see if a certain button is pressed. I have a toast set up to show an error warning if a search returns no results, but it also pops up if the user clears the search.
Here's the button(s)
<div class="input-group-append">
<button class="form-control rounded-circle btn form-button ml-2" type="submit">
<span>
<i class="fas fa-search"></i>
</span>
</button>
<button class="form-control rounded-circle btn form-button ml-2 closebutton" type="clear" name="clear">
<span>
<i class="fas fa-times"></i>
</span>
</button>
</div>
I'd like it to spot if the button with the name/type "clear" is clicked, then it won't run the toast. Toast is below:
{% if button == 'clear' %}
<div class="toast custom-toast rounded-0 border-top-0" data-autohide="false">
<div class="arrow-up arrow-danger"></div>
<div class="w-100 toast-capper bg-danger"></div>
<div class="toast-header bg-white text-dark">
<strong class="mr-auto">Error!</strong>
<button type="button" class="ml-2 mb-1 close text-dark" data-dismiss="toast" aria-label="Close">
<span aria-hidden="true">×</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="toast-body bg-white">
{{ message }}
</div>
</div>
{% endif %}

Answer 1

I'd like it to spot if the button with the name/type "clear" is clicked, then it won't run the toast.
This if statement is only run on the server when it renders the HTML for the web page. It is checking if a variable named button has the string value "clear". This has nothing to do with any HTML elements in the page, let alone the name of a particular <button>. Instead, the value of the variable button comes from the "context" when your Python calls one of the render functions.
I'm looking to create a django if statement to see if a certain button is pressed.
There are two different ways to handle button clicks:
Submit a form to the server which then returns a response with a new page. This can be the same Django template rendered with different values in the context in order to get the behavior that you want.
Add an onclick handler to the button. This should be a JavaScript function that peforms the action you want. It can manipulate the elements in the page to add a toast or anything else.
The first option is very slow because it will require a new network request. The second option is probably preferred here since it will be very responsive to the user's actions.