Django “login() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)” error

Question

I\'m trying to store the user\'s ID in the session using django.contrib.auth.login . But it is not working not as expected.

I\'m getting error login() takes exac

Answer 1

One possible fix:

from django.contrib import auth

def login(request):
    # ....
    auth.login(request, user)
    # ...

Now your view name doesn't overwrite django's view name.