It is so wrong to want to read the users
's password. I think this should not be done.

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 7:20 PM Alex Heyden <[email protected]> wrote:

> Password tables should never be human-readable. Never ever. No exceptions.
>
> If the intent is to power automation, store that password where the test
> agent can read it. If you don't know the password, reset it, then save it.
> Don't expect your web server to leak a password, though. Not even if you
> ask it nicely.
>
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 1:16 PM Dilipkumar Noone <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Django group,
>>
>> In one of my View i need UserName & Password details in raw format but
>> Django uses *PBKDF2* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBKDF2> algorithm to
>> store the password.
>>
>> I would like to know how to retrieve the saved password from
>> Authentication Form.
>>
>> Using these Username and password details from my Django app , i need to
>> use the same credentials to access another website to perform web
>> automation on it using selenium chrome webdriver.
>>
>> Please let us know how to get the password in raw format once user
>> authenticated using below LoginForm and login_view.
>>
>> *My forms.py:*
>> *===========*
>>
>> forms.py:
>> =======
>>
>> class LoginForm(AuthenticationForm):
>>
>>     remember_me = forms.BooleanField(required=True, initial=False)
>>
>>     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
>>
>>         super(LoginForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
>>         self.helper = FormHelper()
>>         self.helper.form_action = '.'
>>         self.helper.layout = Layout(
>>             Field('username', placeholder="Enter Username", autofocus=""),
>>             Field('password', placeholder="Enter Password"),
>>             Field('remember_me'),
>>             Submit('sign_in', 'Log in',
>>                    css_class="btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block"),
>>         )
>>
>> def apply_gsp_request_form(request, id=None):
>>
>>     if id:
>>         action = 'edit'
>>         model = get_object_or_404(ApplyGSP, pk=id)
>>     else:
>>         action = 'submit'
>>         model = ApplyGSP()
>>
>>     message = ""
>>
>>     if request.method == 'POST':
>>         form = ApplyGSPForm(request.POST, instance=model)
>>
>>         if form.is_valid():
>>             form.save()
>>             username = request.user.username
>>             print("password:", request.user.password)
>>            * # How to get password details ? If i get pwd here using
>> request.user.password it is displaying
>> in <SHAalgorithm>$<iterations>$<salt>$<hash> format.*
>> * # but i need in raw(clear text format)*
>>     *applyselenium*(username,password*)*
>>
>> *def applyselenium():*
>>   -----------
>>   ----------
>>
>>
>> My Views.py:
>> =======
>> views.py:
>> ========
>> def login_view(request):
>>     logout(request)
>>
>>     username = password = ''
>>     redirect_to = request.GET.get('next', '/gspapp/')
>>
>>     form = LoginForm()
>>
>>     if request.POST:
>>
>>         form = LoginForm(request.POST)
>>
>>         username = request.POST['username']
>>         password = request.POST['password']
>>
>>         user = authenticate(request, username=username,
>> password=password)
>>
>>         if user is not None:
>>             login(request, user)
>>
>>             remember_me = request.POST.get('remember_me', False)
>>
>>             if remember_me == "on":
>>                 ONE_MONTH = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60
>>                 expiry = getattr(settings, "KEEP_LOGGED_DURATION",
>> ONE_MONTH)
>>                 request.session.set_expiry(expiry)
>>             else:
>>                 request.session.set_expiry(0)
>>
>>             return HttpResponseRedirect(redirect_to)
>>
>>     context = {'form': form, 'page_title': page_title,
>> 'loginpage_heading': loginpage_heading}
>>     return render(request, 'login.html', context)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> N.Dilip Kumar.
>>
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