Putting a django login form on every page

Question

I\'d like the login form (AuthenticationForm from django.contrib.auth) to appear on every page in my site if the user is not logged in. When the user logs in, they will be r

Answer 1

Using django.contrib.auth, you can put the form code in the base template like so:

    {% csrf_token %}
    
Username: 
    
Password: 

    
    

All you need to do is modify the next value so instead of:

It will now be:

To access the request object, make sure you include

'django.core.context_processors.request'

in your template context processors. This way you don't have to write any context processors for logins since you are using the Django built-in views.