homepage login form Django

Question

I want to create a homepage with a header that asks to login with username/password and a login button to login. Currently, how I have my page set up is that pressing login

Answer 1

You can use Django's built in log in form. It is quit easy and efficient.And it will give you some features like form validation check.

in urls.py:

url(r'^login/$',views.loginView,name='login'),  

in views.py:

from django.contrib.auth import login
from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm


def loginView(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = AuthenticationForm(data=request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            user = form.get_user()
            login(request, user)
            return redirect('/website/profile/')
    else:
        form = AuthenticationForm()
    return render(request, 'website/login.html', {'form': form})

in html page:

{% csrf_token %}
{{form.as_p}}