django-light-auth

Django Lightweight Authentication without models and databases, only depend on the signed cookies and the Django's SessionMiddleware.

Install

pip3 install -U django-light-auth

Usage

Basic Usage

settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    # 'django.contrib.auth',
    'django_light_auth.apps.DjangoLightAuthConfig',

    # ...
]

MIDDLEWARE = [
    # ...

    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    # 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django_light_auth.LightAuthMiddleware'

    # ...
]

# Session
SESSION_ENGINE = 'django.contrib.sessions.backends.signed_cookies'

# django-light-auth
LIGHT_AUTH_VALIDATE_FUNC = 'your_app.auth.validate_func'

urls.py

from django.urls import path

from django_light_auth import LoginView, LogoutView

urlpatterns = [
    # ...
    path('login', LoginView.as_view(), name='login'),
    path('logout', LogoutView.as_view(), name='logout'),
]

your_app/auth/validate_func.py

#
# example at django_light_auth.light_auth_validate_func
#

from typing import Dict, Any

from your_app.config import config

def light_auth_validate_func(data: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
    if data.get('username', None) == config.Auth.username and data.get(
        'password', None
    ) == config.Auth.password:
        return True

    return False

Custom Login View

your_login_view.py

from django_light_auth import LoginView as LoginViewAbs


class LoginView(LoginViewAbs):
    template_name = 'your_app/login.html'

History

0.2.3 - 20251112

• Maintenance release

v0.2.2 - 20220809

• Compatible Django 4.1+