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Nathan Magyar
11,332 PointsChange the SignUp view so that, when the form is valid, the user gets logged in.
I'm trying to change the SignUp view so that, when the form is valid, the user gets logged in. I'm not getting a descriptive error so debugging is proving difficult. Is there some other function I'm not importing that I should be?
from django.contrib.auth import login
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
from django.views import generic
from . import forms
class SignUp(generic.CreateView):
form_class = forms.UserCreateForm
template_name = 'accounts/signup.html'
success_url = reverse_lazy("products:list")
def form_valid(self, form):
login(self.request, form.get_user())
return super().form_valid(form)
2 Answers
Nathan Magyar
11,332 PointsA bit of Google work led me to Stack Overflow, where I realized there are a number of other steps and other functions involved:
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.views import generic
from . import forms
class SignUp(generic.CreateView):
form_class = forms.UserCreateForm
template_name = 'accounts/signup.html'
success_url = reverse_lazy("products:list")
def form_valid(self, form):
#save the new user first
form.save()
#get the username and password
username = self.request.POST['username']
password = self.request.POST['password1']
#authenticate user then login
user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
login(self.request, user)
return HttpResponseRedirect(self.success_url)```
mrsands
Courses Plus Student 13,641 PointsThis answer doesn't work, like usual. This is a treehouse problem and it causes students to needlessly spend effort trying to figure out what makes it right given the OUTDATED materials.