django-registration: how do I check whether the user is logged in before displaying a page

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Vendetta picture Vendetta · Jan 8, 2013 · Viewed 13.4k times · Source

I followed this page to set up a django registration site. It's pretty awesome, and registration and authentication are nicely wrapped.

But, it doesn't show me, how do I check if a user is logged in, who this user is, before displaying a webpage? and how do I direct the user to a new page after logged in?

Thanks!

Answer

msc picture msc · Jan 8, 2013

In a view, you can use if request.user.is_authenticated(): and the variable for the current user is request.user

In a template, you can use {% if user.is_authenticated %} and the variable for the current user is user

For redirecting a user after logging in, you can set up LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL variable in settings.py

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