Thanks Peter that is exactly what I was looking for.
On Mar 25, 5:12 pm, Peter Bengtsson wrote:
> If what you want to achieve is to log in a user programmatically you
> don't do that by authenticating by username and password.
> Example:
>
> def login_by_id(request):
>
> user = FacebookUser.objects.get(...).user
>
> from django.contrib.auth import load_backend, login
> for backend in settings.AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS:
> if user == load_backend(backend).get_user(user.pk):
> user.backend = backend
> if hasattr(user, 'backend'):
> login(request, user)
>
> On 25 Mar, 18:27, CrabbyPete wrote:> I am connecting
> facebook to an app I have running. In order not to
> > change a load of code I created a dummy account when someone logs in
> > through facebook. My only problem is I want to authenticate with this
> > account when they log Is there a way to login in a user using the
> > encrypted password. I am using pyfacebook and FacebookUser is the
> > following model
>
> > class FacebookUser(models.Model):
> > user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique = True)
> > fb_uid = models.CharField( max_length=100, blank = True,
> > unique = True)
>
> > def __unicode__(self):
> > if self.user.username == u'':
> > return str(self.pk)
> > return self.user.username
>
> > the fb_uid is the Facebook id I get back. Here is my view when I get
> > called from facebook
>
> > fb = request.facebook
> > try:
> > fid = FacebookUser.objects.get(Q(fb_uid = fb.uid))
> > except FacebookUser.DoesNotExist:
> > return ...
>
> > name = fid.user
> > pswd = fid.user.password
> > user = auth.authenticate(username=name, password=pswd)
> > if user is not None and user.is_active:
> > auth.login(request, user)
>
> > pswd is an encrypted password. Is there a way for me to authenticate
> > with it?
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