django-nopassword 0.3

Authentication backend for django that uses email verification instead of passwords

# django-nopassword
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**Disclaimer:** I am writing this to learn more about custom authentication in django. Inspired by [Is it time for password-less login?](http://notes.xoxco.com/post/27999787765/is-it-time-for-password-less-login) by [Ben Brown](http://twitter.com/benbrown)

## Installation
Run this command to install django-nopassword

pip install django-nopassword

### Requirements
Django >= 1.4 (1.5 custom user is supported)

South is not required but it is supported.

## Usage
Add the app to installed apps

```python
INSTALLED_APPS = (
...
'django_nopassword',
...
)
```

Set the authentication backend to *EmailBackend*

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ( 'django_nopassword.backends.EmailBackend', )

Add urls to your *urls.py*

```python
urlpatterns = patterns('',
...
url(r'^accounts/', include('django_nopassword.urls')),
...
)
```

## Settings

##### LOGIN_CODE_TIMEOUT
default: `900` (15 minutes)
Defines how long a login code is valid in seconds.

### Django settings used by django-nopassword
##### SERVER_URL
default: `example.com`

##### SERVER_EMAIL
default: `[e-mail]`