How to implement user authentication in Django

Question

I need to add login, logout, and registration functionality to my Django app. What is the best approach?

security_pro · Accepted Answer

Use built-in auth views
# urls.py
from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views

urlpatterns = [
    path('login/', auth_views.LoginView.as_view(), name='login'),
    path('logout/', auth_views.LogoutView.as_view(), name='logout'),
]
Custom registration view
from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm

def register(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = UserCreationForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            user = form.save()
            login(request, user)
            return redirect('home')
    else:
        form = UserCreationForm()
    return render(request, 'registration/register.html', {'form': form})
Protect views
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required

@login_required
def dashboard(request):
    return render(request, 'dashboard.html')

How to implement user authentication in Django

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Use built-in auth views

Custom registration view

Protect views

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