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

Based on the answer of asciitaxi, i use these Middleware Classes to to login and logout:

class LoginFormMiddleware(object):
    def process_request(self, request):
        from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm
        if request.method == 'POST' and request.POST.has_key('base-account') and request.POST['base-account'] == 'Login':
            form = AuthenticationForm(data=request.POST, prefix="login")
            if form.is_valid():
                from django.contrib.auth import login
                login(request, form.get_user())
            request.method = 'GET'
        else:
            form = AuthenticationForm(request, prefix="login")
        request.login_form = form

class LogoutFormMiddleware(object):
    def process_request(self, request):
        if request.method == 'POST' and request.POST.has_key('base-account') and request.POST['base-account'] == 'Logout':
            from django.contrib.auth import logout
            logout(request)
            request.method = 'GET'

An this in my base template:

{% if not request.user.is_authenticated %}
    

        {% csrf_token %}
        

            {{ request.login_form.non_field_errors }}
            {% for field in request.login_form %}
                {{ field.errors }}
                {{ field.label_tag}}: {{ field }}
            {% endfor %}
            
        
    
{% else %}
    

        {% csrf_token %}
        
Logged in as {{ request.user.username }}.
            
        
    
{% endif %}

Remarks:

• The request.method = 'GET' lines are needed for sites with other forms. Seems a little but akward, but it works fine.
• Since this is displayed on every page, i don't need the the logout special case any more, because i simply don't need a separate logout page
• I need some distinction of my login/logout form BEFORE checking if its valid (thus calling the AuthenticationForm Class. Otherwise, there will be errors when it comes to pages with more forms. Therfore, i use the value of the Submit Button to pick out the relevant cases