Question

Hi I’m writing a django project, and I write template code like this:

            <ul id="nav">
                <li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
                <li><a href="/user/">Users</a></li>
                {% if user %}
                    <li><a href="/user/{{ user.id }}/">Settings</a></li>
                    <li><a href="/logout/">Log Out</a></li>
                {% else %}
                    <li><a href="/login/">Log In</a></li>
                    <li><a href="/signup/">Sign Up</a></li>
                {% endif %}
            </ul>

Now in login view I write like this:

def login(request):
    if user_logged_in(request):
        return redirect('/')
    if request.method == 'GET':
        form = LogInForm()
        return render_to_response(LOGIN_PATH, {'form':form}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

But when I run the server, no user is logged in, and visit login page, it shows Settings and Log Out(there is a user object in context), but it shouldn’t!

If I remove RequestContext, say return render_to_response(LOGIN_PATH, {‘form’:form}), it will be OK. And

return render_to_response(LOGIN_PATH, {'form':form, 'user':None}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

is OK too. But I don’t want to do it.

I know it’s dirty design, well… I’m looking for suggestions and solutions. Many thanks~!

Answer 1

{% if user.is_authenticated %}

your tag just checks for a user object, not for an authenticated one.

check here for more informations on what you can do with an auth user 🙂