Question

I am making a login form in django. When I am running the app and filled the username and password fields. The page always redirected to one condition (whether the username is right or not).

The code is as :

def home(request):

   if request.method == 'POST':
      username = request.POST.get('user_name')
      password = request.POST.get('password')
      user = authenticate(user_name=username, password=password)
      if user is not None:
        if user.is_active:
           login(request, user)
        # success
           return render_to_response('registration/main_page.html',{'form':login},context_instance=RequestContext(request))
        else:
         #user was not active
           return render_to_response('registration/q.html')
      else:
        # not a valid user
           return render_to_response('registration/home.html')

   else:
       # URL was accessed directly
           return render_to_response('registration/w.html')

It always redirected to home.html

else:
             #user was not active
              return render_to_response('registration/home.html')

Why it happens?

Answer 1

authenticate() function takes username not user_name.

Try this: user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)

Also, instead of if user is not None: you can write if user :