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Josyula Krishna
Josyula Krishna

Reputation: 1095

Skip entering email for registration in web2py

I'm new to web2py i'm trying to register a user without email address (a reddit style login), but i'm unable skip the email field in auth_user, i did try these because they seemed intuitive

 auth.settings.registration_requires_email = False 

 auth.define_tables(username=True, signature=False,email=False)

However they don't exist, Any help is appreciated, Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 160

Answers (2)

Anthony
Anthony

Reputation: 25536

From the Google Group:

def user():
    if request.args(0) == 'register':
        for field in ['first_name', 'last_name', 'email']:
            db.auth_user[field].readable = db.auth_user[field].writable = False
    return dict(form=auth())

The above alters the user() function in the default.py controller so it simply hides the name and email fields in the registration form (but leaves them visible in the profile form so they can be filled in later if desired).

Upvotes: 1

drez90
drez90

Reputation: 814

Here is a link I found for Customizing Auth which explains how to do exactly what you'd like, which is use a username for authentication instead of e-mail address.

If you add a field called "username", it will be used in place of "email" for login. If you do, you will need to add a validator as well:

auth_table.username.requires = IS_NOT_IN_DB(db, auth_table.username)

So it looks you'll have to leverage the define_tables() function discussed in the link. Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 0

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