Indeed it was a typo! Now that I have a valid user instance, I will use django.contrib.auth.login() to have a session.
Thank you both for your help ;) Le mercredi 22 août 2012 12:37:42 UTC+2, Tom Evans a écrit : > > In addition to the 'user'/'username' typo, this login view would not > log a user in. In order to log a user in, you must verify their > credentials by calling django.contrib.auth.authenticate(), which will > either return an authenticated user or None. > > Once the credentials are verified, you must then call > django.contrib.auth.login() to persist login information in the users > session. Without calling login(), the user will only be authenticated > on the single request in which they authenticated. > > More documentation on how to use authenticate and login is here: > > > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/auth/#django.contrib.auth.login > > Cheers > > Tom > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Joseph Mutumi > <jjmu...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I believe its a simple typo! > > > > authenticate(user=usuario, password=clave) > > > > should be > > > > authenticate(username=usuario, password=clave) > > > > Regards > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Jorge Garcia > > <jorgega...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi there. Im doing my first login form for an existing Django > application. > >> The thing is that when I give the correct usr/pswd from the web, > >> django.contrib.auth.authenticate returns systematically None. However, > when > >> I try the same thing from the Django shell it works. I'm working with > a > >> "john" user created from the Django admin application, using the > "password > >> chang" form. Here's the code, and the Django command line output. > >> > >> My application and me will be eternally thankful for your help. > >> > >> ++COMMAND LINE > >> python manage.py shell > >> >>> from django.contrib.auth import authenticate > >> >>> user = authenticate(username='john', password='johnpassword') > >> >>> print user > >> john > >> > >> ++VIEWS.PY > >> from django.contrib.auth.models import User > >> > >> def index(request): > >> return render_to_response('unoporuno/index.html', None, > >> context_instance=RequestContext(request)) > >> > >> def login_cidesal(request): > >> usuario = request.POST['usuario'] > >> clave = request.POST['clave'] > >> user = authenticate(user=usuario, password=clave) > >> return HttpResponse("logging in user:" + usuario + " with > password:" + > >> clave + " and authenticate result=" + str(user)) > >> > >> ++URLS.PY > >> urlpatterns = patterns('unoporuno.views', > >> url(r'^$','index'), > >> url(r'login/', 'login_cidesal'), > >> > >> ++INDEX.HTML > >> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="es"> > >> <head> > >> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> > >> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ STATIC_URL > }}style1.css"/> > >> </head> > >> <body> > >> <form method="post" action="/unoporuno/login/"> > >> {% csrf_token %} > >> <div align="center"> > >> <img src="{{ STATIC_URL }}cidesal.jpg" height="140" width="140" > >> border="0"/> > >> <h1>UnoporunO</h1> > >> <h4>Buscador de personas especializado en movilidad profesional</h4> > >> <br/> > >> Usuario: <input type="text" name="usuario" size="16" /><br/><br/> > >> Clave : <input type="password" name="clave" size="16" /><br/> > >> <p><input type="submit" value="Login" /></p> > >> </div> > >> </body> > >> </html> > >> > >> ++WEB RESULT TYPING usuario=john clave=johnpassword > >> logging in user:john with password:johnpassword and authenticate > >> result=None > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Django users" group. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/1UKsQlJ5OB8J. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> django...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> django-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > django...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/wQI7tZlhQDEJ. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
