🔐 Master Django User Authentication Django includes a powerful, built-in that handles user accounts, groups, permissions, and cookie-based user sessions right out of the box.

Add LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = 'login' to redirect users to the login page after logging out. 🛡️ Step 4: Protect Your Views

INSTALLED_APPS = [ 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', # ... other apps ] Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard 📝 Step 2: Set Up the Login View

By default, LoginView looks for a template at registration/login.html . Create this file in your templates directory:

The Django authentication system handles both and authorization .

Django enables the authentication system by default in new projects. Open your settings.py file and ensure the following apps are listed in INSTALLED_APPS :

from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required from django.shortcuts import render @login_required def secret_page(request): return render(request, 'secret.html') Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard