Question

I need a link in django template which turns into logout if user is authenticated. (i have already implemented login/logout pages)

tried {% if user.is_authenticated %} {% endif %} and {% if user.is_anonymous %} {% endif %} but didn’t work.

Test Code (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/) –

{% if user.is_authenticated %}
    <p>Welcome, {{ user.username }}. Thanks for logging in.</p>
{% else %}
    <p>Welcome, new user. Please log in.</p>
{% endif %}

Returns false evan after logged in successfully.

Answer 1

It doesn’t look like there is anything wrong with the template code you posted. So I’d check out the associated view. In particular, if you’re using a custom-made view (rather than, say, a generic view), remember to supply a RequestContext to your template.

From the Django tutorial, part 4:

from django.template import RequestContext
# ...
def detail(request, poll_id):
    p = get_object_or_404(Poll, pk=poll_id)
    return render_to_response('polls/detail.html', {'poll': p},
                           context_instance=RequestContext(request))