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Madhuban Khatri
Madhuban Khatri

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Django login & logout using Sessions

Hi Everyone,
In this post, I m showing to you how to use Django Sessions for Login and Logout.

First of all you have to create project dj_admin and then startapp app1. After this you have to add app1 in settings INSTALLED_APPS. Then include apps urls in main project urls.

views.py

from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from django.http import HttpResponse
from .models import User


# Create your views here.
def home(request):
    if 'user' in request.session:
        current_user = request.session['user']
        param = {'current_user': current_user}
        return render(request, 'base.html', param)
    else:
        return redirect('login')
    return render(request, 'login.html')



def signup(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        uname = request.POST.get('uname')
        pwd = request.POST.get('pwd')
        # print(uname, pwd)
        if User.objects.filter(username=uname).count()>0:
            return HttpResponse('Username already exists.')
        else:
            user = User(username=uname, password=pwd)
            user.save()
            return redirect('login')
    else:
        return render(request, 'signup.html')



def login(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        uname = request.POST.get('uname')
        pwd = request.POST.get('pwd')

        check_user = User.objects.filter(username=uname, password=pwd)
        if check_user:
            request.session['user'] = uname
            return redirect('home')
        else:
            return HttpResponse('Please enter valid Username or Password.')

    return render(request, 'login.html')


def logout(request):
    try:
        del request.session['user']
    except:
        return redirect('login')
    return redirect('login')

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urls.py

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.home, name='home'),
    path('login/', views.login, name='login'),
    path('logout/', views.logout, name='logout'),
    path('signup/', views.signup, name='signup'),
]
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models.py

from django.db import models

# Create your models here.
class User(models.Model):
    username = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    password = models.CharField(max_length=50)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.username

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Code in Templates

1.) create base.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>{% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>My Site</h1>

    <a href="/">Home</a>
    <span>/</span>

    {% if current_user %}
        <a href="{% url 'logout' %}">Logout</a>
        <hr>
        <h2>Welcome <span style="color: dodgerblue;">{{current_user}}</span>!</h2>
    {% else %}
        <a href="{% url 'login' %}">Login</a>
        <span>/</span>
        <a href="{% url 'signup' %}">Sign Up</a>
        <hr>
        <h2>Login to access this website!</h2>
    {% endif %}


    {% block body %}{% endblock %}
</body>
</html>
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2. create login.html

{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% block title %}Login{% endblock %}

{% block body %}
    <h2>Login</h2>

    <form method="POST">
        {% csrf_token %}
        <input type="text" name="uname" placeholder="User Name">
        <br><br>
        <input type="text" name="pwd" placeholder="Password">
        <br><br>
        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Login">
    </form>


{% endblock %}
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3. create signup.html

{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% block title %}Sing Up{% endblock %}

{% block body %}
    <h2>Sign Up</h2>

    <form method="POST">
        {% csrf_token %}
        <input type="text" name="uname" placeholder="Username">
        <br><br>
        <input type="text" name="pwd" placeholder="Password">
        <br><br>
        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Sign Up">
    </form>

{% endblock %}
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