How can I get the username of the logged-in user in Django?

Question

How can I get information about the logged-in user in a Django application?

For example:

I need to know the username of the logged-in user to say who posted

Answer 1

You can use the request object to find the logged in user

def my_view(request):
    username = None
    if request.user.is_authenticated():
        username = request.user.username

According to https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/releases/1.10/

In version Django 2.0 the syntax has changed to

request.user.is_authenticated