Last modified: November 04, 2020

Understanding Django LoginView With Simple Example

In this tutorial, we'll learn how to use Django LoginView to create a custom login page.

example

views.py

In the views file, we need to import LoginView then create a simple CBV.


#loginView
from django.contrib.auth.views import LoginView    

class AdminLogin(LoginView):
    template_name = 'LoginView_form.html'

template_name: the template that will display the login form.

urls.py

in urls.py we need to a path for our CBV


#LoginView
path('login/', AdminLogin.as_view(), name="login")

settings.py

In settings.py, we need to add the following line.


LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'home' # URL redirecting after a successful authentication

LoginView_form.html

now, we need to create template LoginView_form.html and add the following line to display our login form.

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<html>
    <head>
        <title>LoginView</title>
        
    </head>

    <body>
<form method="POST">{% csrf_token %}
    
<!-- form variable -->    
 {{ form.as_p }} 

  <input type="submit" name="sumbit">
</form>
    </body>

</html>

http://127.0.0.1:8000/login/ page:


Understanding Django LoginView With Simple Example

If the form login is successful, the browser will redirect to /home.

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