Question

I’ve view like this. It worked. I’m new to django. Can you please help me to improve this code? thank you

def getAPI(request):
    username = request.GET.get('username')
    password = request.GET.get('password')
    #TODO Match user and password
    if username:
        user = User.objects.get(username__exact=username)
        is_exist = user.check_password(password)
        if is_exist == True:
            api_key = ApiKey.objects.get(id=user.id)
        else:
            error_message = 'username or password is invalid.'
    return render_to_response('details.html',locals(),
                        context_instance=RequestContext(request)
                        )

if username and password does not exist Then I want to print error message. Otherwise I want to print ApiKey. thanks

Answer 1

Here’s the basic template to authenticate a user:

from django.contrib.auth import authenticate

def my_view(request):
    username = request.POST['username']
    password = request.POST['password']
    user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
    if user is not None:
        if user.is_active:
            # User is authenticated - return api key
        else:
            # Return a 'disabled account' error message
    else:
        # Return an 'invalid login' error message.