django customize reset password form

Question

I am a beginner in django (django 1.7 python 2.7).

I am trying to add no captcha recaptcha onto my django reset password form.

I am trying to use this recapt

Answer 1

You want to customise the PasswordReset view. By default, it uses the PasswordResetForm, which you can customize.

# in e.g. myapp/forms.py
from django.contrib.auth.forms import PasswordResetForm

class CaptchaPasswordResetForm(PasswordResetForm):
    captcha = ReCaptchaField()
    ...

Then in your urls.py, import your form, and use the form_class to specify the form.

from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
from django.urls import path
from web.forms import CaptchaPasswordResetForm

urlpatterns = [
    path("accounts/password_reset/", auth_views.PasswordResetView.as_view(form_class=CaptchaPasswordResetForm)),
]

For Django < 1.11, you need to customise the URL pattern for the password_reset view, and set password_reset_form to

from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
from myapp.forms import CaptchaPasswordResetForm

urlpatterns = [
    ...
    url(
        r'^password_reset/',
        auth_views.password_reset,
        {'password_reset_form': CaptchaPasswordResetForm},
    )
]

For more information about including password reset views in your urls, see the docs.