How to fix social_core.exceptions.AuthMissingParameter error - django

Question

I am trying to implement a google login onto my project. I already had a relatively working login scheme when I tried to use social_core's oauth with google to log in with a google account. It keeps throwing a social_core.exceptions.AuthMissingParameter error, meaning that somehow, the state isn't being passed at all.
I have been following the walkthrough done here https://fosstack.com/how-to-add-google-authentication-in-django/ as a baseline for how to implement this. When I run the code from this tutorial (besides some basic syntax and version errors), everything runs like a charm. However, when I try to implement it on my project, an error I cannot resolve occurs.
The url.py file I have, I have only imported some files and added the line
path('auth/', include('social_django.urls', namespace='social')),
Other, than that, most of my test code is similar to the blog: like this in my common file.
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
'social_core.backends.open_id.OpenIdAuth', # for Google authentication
'social_core.backends.google.GoogleOpenId', # for Google authentication
'social_core.backends.google.GoogleOAuth2', # for Google authentication
'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
)
How the current situation is, is that I can click login, it takes me to a login page where I type in my google account, and then it throws the following exception:
Environment:
Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://localhost:3000/auth/complete/google-oauth2/
Django Version: 2.1.7
Python Version: 3.6.5
Installed Applications:
[##Some personal files###
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'markdownx',
'social_django',
'livereload']
Installed Middleware:
['django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware']
Traceback:
File "C:\Users\Daniel\.virtualenvs\project-djMFGD5K\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py" in inner
34. response = get_response(request)
File "C:\Users\Daniel\.virtualenvs\project-djMFGD5K\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py" in _get_response
126. response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request)
File "C:\Users\Daniel\.virtualenvs\project-djMFGD5K\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py" in _get_response
124. response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Daniel\.virtualenvs\project-djMFGD5K\lib\site-packages\django\views\decorators\cache.py" in _wrapped_view_func
44. response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Daniel\.virtualenvs\project-djMFGD5K\lib\site-packages\django\views\decorators\csrf.py" in wrapped_view
54. return view_func(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Daniel\.virtualenvs\project-djMFGD5K\lib\site-packages\social_django\utils.py" in wrapper
49. return func(request, backend, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Daniel\.virtualenvs\project-djMFGD5K\lib\site-packages\social_django\views.py" in complete
33. *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Daniel\.virtualenvs\project-djMFGD5K\lib\site-packages\social_core\actions.py" in do_complete
43. user = backend.complete(user=user, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Daniel\.virtualenvs\project-djMFGD5K\lib\site-packages\social_core\backends\base.py" in complete
40. return self.auth_complete(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Daniel\.virtualenvs\project-djMFGD5K\lib\site-packages\social_core\utils.py" in wrapper
259. return func(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Daniel\.virtualenvs\project-djMFGD5K\lib\site-packages\social_core\backends\oauth.py" in auth_complete
388. state = self.validate_state()
File "C:\Users\Daniel\.virtualenvs\project-djMFGD5K\lib\site-packages\social_core\backends\oauth.py" in validate_state
88. raise AuthMissingParameter(self, 'state')
Exception Type: AuthMissingParameter at /auth/complete/google-oauth2/
Exception Value: Missing needed parameter state
Where I have edited out some of the more personal information, but those files aren't being used currently. I am pretty sure I have my keys done correctly, because the parameters are correct when I print them in the terminal after I run the server, and for the fact that google manages to send me the redirect at all.
Edit: Pretty sure the keys are correct, since when I remove them or type them incorrectly, I get a server not found error rather than a missing parameter error.