Using django - Accounts

Django auth system is in django.contrib.auth.
(Included in INSTALLED_APPS as a default)

Login page
You can use default django login handler.

<urls.py>
urlpatterns = patterns('',
  ...
  (r'^login/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.login')
<eof>

You need to make a template for login page.

<templates/registration/login.html>
 <form methos='post' action='.'>
  <label for='id_username'>Username : </label>
  {{ form.username }}
  <br>
  <label for='id_password'>Password : </label>
  {{ form.password }}
  <br>
  <input type='hidden' name='next' value='/'/>
  <input type='submit' value='Login'/>
 </form>
<eof>

User objects methods

• is_authenticated()


• get_full_name()


• email_user(subject, message, from_email=None)


• set_password(raw_password)


• check_password(raw_password)

Logout
<views.py>
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.contrib.auth import logout

def logout_page(request):
  logout(request)
  return HttpResponseRedirect('/')
<eof>

<urls.py>
  ...
  (r'^logout/$', logout_page),
  ...
<eof>