def requestFriend(request): form = CustomUserDetailsForm(request.POST) serializer = UserSerializer(request.user, many=False) print('[requestFriend] - User <', serializer.data['username'], '> is trying to make a friend request to ', request.POST.get('username', '')) if form.is_valid(): new_friend = CustomUser.objects.get( username=form.cleaned_data['username']) Friend.add_pending_friend(request.user, new_friend) return Response({ "success": "true", "current_user": serializer.data['username'] }) print("Form errors: ", form.errors) return HttpResponse(status=500)