Reputation: 429
Sorry if this is a noob question. I'm creating a login form for a Django app, but I'm having trouble getting it to work. request.POST.get() doesn't return anything, so the authentication always fails. Am I missing something obvious?
login.html:
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block content%}
<h2>Welcome! Please login to continue.</h2> <br>
<form action="{% url 'account:authenticate' %}" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
<div >
<label for='username'> Username: </label>
<input type='text' name='Username' id='username'> <br><br>
<label for='password'>Password: </label>
<input type='password' name='Password' id='password'><br><br>
<input type='submit' value='Login'>
</div>
</form>
relevant part of views.py:
from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404
from datetime import datetime
from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404, HttpResponseRedirect
from django.template import loader
from random import randrange
from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
def login(request):
return render (request, 'login.html')
def authenticate(request):
usern = request.POST.get('username', '')
passw = request.POST.get('password', '')
user = authenticate(username = usern, password = passw)
if user is not None:
authenticate.login(request, user)
return HttpResponseRedirect('/voters/instructions')
else:
return HttpResponseRedirect('/account/loginfail')
def loginfail(request):
return render (request, 'loginfail.html')
I'm using Django 1.10. Thanks!
Upvotes: 9
Views: 11683
Reputation: 154
Check out the names in the form input fields they are case sensitive. in Django do this
usern = request.POST.get('Username', '')
passw = request.POST.get('Password', '')
or in html form make them lowercase the input name field
Upvotes: 8