django-user-login 0.3.3

A django user authentication and login application.

Authentication

A django user authentication and login application.

01. To install and use the package, use:

    pip install django-user-login

Instructions

02. Add "authentication" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this:

    INSTALLED_APPS = [
        ...
        'authentication',
    ]

03. Include the authentication URLconf in your project urls.py like this:

path('authentication/', include('authentication.urls')),

04. Run python manage.py migrate to create the User model (you'll need the Admin app enabled).

05. The App requires Django Sessions

06. In your settings.py file include the following:

    SITE_TITLE = 'site-title' # title of your site
    LOGIN_URL = '/authentication/'
    EMAIL_HOST = 'email-host' # e.g. 'smtp-mail.outlook.com'
    EMAIL_PORT = email-port # e.g. 587
    EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'email-address'
    EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'email password'
    EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
    AUTHENTICATION_DEBUG = Boolean # True or False (use False in production)
    VERIFICATION_CODE_VALIDITY_IN_MINUTES = Integer # int in the range of [1, 60] only

07. For login and logout functionality, use -

• To Login, use anyone one of these

            - <a href="{% url 'authentication:login' %}">Login</a>
            - <a href='/authentication/'>Login</a>
  

• To Logout, use anyone one of these

            - <a href="{% url 'authentication:logout' %}">Logout</a>
            - <a href="/authentication/logout/">Logout</a>
  

• To visit My Account page and edit profile credentials, use any one of these -

            - <a href="{% url 'authentication:account' %}">Account</a>
            - <a href="/authentication/account/">Account</a>
  

08. When AUTHENTICATION_DEBUG = TRUE

    - Live EMAILS will not be sent and verification codes / messages, if any, will be displayed in the terminal.
    - No password validation will happen.

09. When a user closes their account, the app will not delete the User but set is_active to False (see: User Model) and set_unusable_password() (see: Methods).

10. Check Demo Website