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Matchday
Matchday

Reputation: 649

'is_authenticated' still always returns false in template

This is following on from my other question, as it will likely require a different answer.

The code in my template is always returning false:

   {% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
      <p>I'm logged in</p>
   {% else %}
      <p>I am anonymous</p>
   {% endif %}

I understand from the docs that I need to include "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth" within TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS in settings.py so I have done so as follows:

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
    "django.core.context_processors.debug",
    "django.core.context_processors.i18n",
    "django.core.context_processors.media",
    "django.core.context_processors.static",
    "django.core.context_processors.tz",
    "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
    "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth", #Added
)

As for my views.py, I am using the render_to_response() but feel this may be causing the issue. I also need to pass a user from the database within the context, but have added the third parameter context_instance=RequestContext(request)

def public_profile(request, username_in_url):
    user = User.objects.get(username = username_in_url)
    context = {
        'user': user,       
    }

    return render_to_response('public_profile.html', context, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

Why does request.user.is_authenticated still return false even though a user is logged in? Using the same method within views.py works correctly e.g. 

if request.user.is_authenticated():
        return render_to_response('public_profile.html', context)
    else:
        return render_to_response('public_profile_anon.html', context)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1993

Answers (1)

Louis
Louis

Reputation: 151401

The documentation for django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth says that this context processor defines two variables: user and perms. And user is

An auth.User instance representing the currently logged-in user (or an AnonymousUser instance, if the client isn’t logged in).

So although in your Python code you would access request.user to perform your check, in the template it is user.

The problem with your specific case is that you also pass a dictionary that defines user on the basis of username_in_url. This clashes with the variable defined by django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth.

So:

  1. Change the dictionary (which you named context) so that user has a different name. (And change references to it in your template.)

  2. Change your template to check {% if user.is_authenticated %}.

Upvotes: 6

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