POST method always return 403 Forbidden

Question

I have read Django - CSRF verification failed and several questions (and answers) related to django and POST method. One of the best-but-not-working-for-me answer is https://sta

Answer 1

I maybe wrong however I found the above solutions rather complex.

what worked for me was simply including my csrf token into my post request.

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "/reports/",
    data: { csrfmiddlewaretoken: "{{ csrf_token }}",   // < here 
            state:"inactive" 
          },
    success: function() {
        alert("pocohuntus")
        console.log("prototype")
    }
})