This is my login process.
urls.py:
url(r'^login$', 'views.Login'),
url(r'^logout$', 'views.Logout'),
views.py:
def Login(request, next=None):
"""
Used to log into the application.
"""
# If the user is authenticated pass them through to the homepage.
if request.user.is_authenticated():
return HttpResponseRedirect('/')
# If the user is not authenticated, but the method is POST, they have
posted their username and password.
if request.method == "POST":
# Get Username and Password.
username = request.POST['username']
password = request.POST['password']
# Authenticate.
user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
# If the User is not None, they have a valid account and password.
if user is not None:
# If the user isactive, we can log them in.
if user.is_active:
# Log them in, and redirect to the homepage.
login(request, user)
return HttpResponseRedirect('/')
# If the user is not active, pass them back to the login page,
with a message that the account is inactive.
else:
return render_to_response('login.htm', {'error': 'Account
Disabled - contact I.T. for assistance'},
context_instance=RequestContext(request))
# The user with those credentials did not exist, pass them back to
the login page, with a message that the account was invalid.
else:
return render_to_response('login.htm', {'error': 'Invalid
Username/Password - contact I.T. for assistance'},
context_instance=RequestContext(request))
# They have not yet attempted a login, pass them to the login page,
without any error messages..
else:
return render_to_response('login.htm', {'NoSessionTimeout': 'True',
'next': next}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
def Logout(request):
logout(request)
# Render the logout.htm page, which will display they are logging out
and redirect them to the login page.
return render_to_response('login.htm', {'notice': 'You have been logged
out successfully.'}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
template login.htm:
.
.
.
<form enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" action="/login"
method="post" name="login">
{% csrf_token %}
<div width="100%" align="center">
<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
<div class="login_heading">Login</div>
<div class="login_box">
<table class="login_table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td><br /><br /><br /></td>
{% if error %}
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center" class="error">
{% FatalImage %}
{{ error }}
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><br /><br /></td>
{% endif %}
{% if warning %}
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center" class="warn">
{% WarnImage %}
{{ warning }}
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><br /><br /></td>
{% endif %}
{% if notice %}
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center" class="notice">
{% NoticeImage %}
{{ notice }}
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><br /><br /></td>
{% endif %}
<tr>
<td align="right">Email address: </td>
<td align="left">
<input type="text" value="" name="username" id="username" size="32"
maxlength="64" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Password: </td>
<td align="left">
<input type="password" value="" name="password" id="password" size="32"
maxlength="255" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Login" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</form>
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Mark Furbee <markfur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is that template mainpage.html?
>
> I'm not sure exactly what you mean is happening. When you open the login
> page it takes you back to the home page? Also, I would add in the my_login
> view that if they are already logged in to redirect them to another page
> besides the login page. As your view is now, when they go to the login
> page, while they are already logged in, it will allow them to log in again
> as a different user. Perhaps that is intended, I just thought I'd point it
> out.
>
> Mark
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:57 PM, coded kid <duffleboi...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I've done that, but its not working! Any help?
>>
>> On Jan 17, 10:37 pm, Mark Furbee <markfur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > It means, don't use the "decorator" @login_required above your login
>> view.
>> > Your login view cannot require a login, because you'd never get to log
>> in.
>> > Chicken and egg.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:34 PM, coded kid <duffleboi...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Thorsten Sanders wrote:
>> > > > With using
>> >
>> > > > @login_required decorator the user needs to be logged in to allow
>> > > execution, don't makes much sense for a login :P
>> >
>> > > > Am 17.01.2012 22:23, schrieb coded kid:
>> > > > > Hi guys, I�m having problem with my login form. The login form
>> will
>> > > > > redirect me to the next page even if I didn�t input anything in
>> the
>> > > > > username and password field. Also it can�t get the username of
>> the
>> > > > > registered users to verify if the user data is wrong or right.
>> How can
>> > > > > I get rid of this problem?
>> > > > > Below are my code:
>> > > > > In views.py
>> > > > > from django.db import models
>> > > > > from mymeek.meekme.models import RegisterForm
>> > > > > from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
>> > > > > from django.http import HttpResponse
>> > > > > from django.template import RequestContext
>> > > > > from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
>> > > > > from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login
>> > > > > from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
>> >
>> > > > > @login_required
>> > > > > def mylogin(request):
>> > > > > if request.method=='POST':
>> > > > > username= request.POST['username']
>> > > > > password= request.POST['password']
>> > > > > user=authenticate (username=username, password=password)
>> > > > > if user is not None:
>> > > > > if user.is_active:
>> > > > > login(request, user)
>> > > > > return HttpResponseRedirect('/logpage/')
>> > > > > else:
>> > > > > return direct_to_template(request,'q_error.html')
>> > > > > else:
>> > > > > return render_to_response('mainpage.html')
>> > > > > In my template:
>> > > > > <html>
>> > > > > <form action='' method="post">
>> > > > > <table>
>> > > > > <tr>
>> > > > > <td>{{form.username.label_tag}}</td>
>> > > > > <td>{{form.username}}</td>
>> > > > > </tr>
>> > > > > <tr>
>> > > > > <td>{{form.password.label_tag}}</td>
>> > > > > <td>{{form.password}}</td>
>> > > > > </tr>
>> > > > > </table>
>> > > > > <input type="submit" value="Login" />
>> > > > > </form>
>> > > > > </html>
>> > > > > Please help me out! Thanks.
>> >
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