def email_login(request, template="registration/login.html", extra_context=None):
"""A generic view that you can use instead of the default auth.login view, for email logins.
On GET:
will render the specified template with and pass the an empty EmailLoginForm as login_form
with its context, that you can use for the login.
On POST:
will try to validate and authenticate the user, using the EmailLoginForm. Upon successful
login, will redirect to whatever the standard LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL is set to, or the 'next'
parameter, if specified."""
if request.method == 'POST':
login_form = EmailLoginForm(data=request.POST)
if login_form.is_valid():
# The user has been authenticated, so log in and redirect
user = login(request, login_form.user)
# Redirect to page pointed to by the 'next' param, or else just the first page
next_page = request.REQUEST.get('next', settings.LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL)
return HttpResponseRedirect(next_page)
else:
login_form = EmailLoginForm()
context = { 'form':login_form, 'next':request.GET.get('next') }
if extra_context is None: extra_context = {}
for key, value in extra_context.items():
if callable(value):
context[key] = value()
else:
context[key] = value
return render_to_response(template, context, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
def login(request):
form = EmailLoginForm()
if request.method == 'POST':
form = EmailLoginForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
# Remove previous tokens
email = form.cleaned_data['email']
EmailToken.objects.filter(email=email).delete()
# Create new
token = EmailToken(email=email)
token.save()
sendEmailToken(request, token)
return redirect(reverse_lazy('login_mailsent'))
return render(request, 'login.html', {
'form': form,
})
