Question

I’m trying to make a user login view, and It keep failing. This is my code:

def userLogin(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = AuthenticationForm(request.POST)
            if form.is_valid():
                user = authenticate(username = request.POST['username'], password = request.POST['password'])
                if user is not None:
                    if user.is_active:
                        login(request, user)
                            return HttpResponseRedirect("/success")
                    else:
                        return render_to_response('/home/dockedin/webapps/linked/myproject/templates/index.html', {'outcome':'Account Disabled'}, context_instance= RequestContext(request))
                else:
                    return render_to_response('/home/dockedin/webapps/linked/myproject/templates/index.html', {'outcome':'Invalid Login'}, context_instance= RequestContext(request))
            else:
                return render_to_response('/home/dockedin/webapps/linked/myproject/templates/index.html', {'outcome':'FORM NOT VALID?'}, context_instance= RequestContext(request))

    else:
        form = AuthenticationForm()
    return render_to_response('/home/dockedin/webapps/linked/myproject/templates/index.html', {'form':form}, context_instance= RequestContext(request))

Basically, I keep getting “FORM NOT VALID” printed in my site and I have no clue why. Help Please? Thank you

Answer 1

Try to print the form.errors to see why the validation fails.

BTW, is there a reason that you don’t use the built-in django.contrib.auth.views.login view?