Some simple AJAX authorisation endpoints for Django.

I wanted a package to integrate AJAX authorisation with Django's standard authorisation views. When a request is made via AJAX it should be handled as such, and when a standard request is made the login form should be rendered.

pip is the easiest way to get the package:

pip install django-ajax-auth

Add the package to your Django settings file:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'xauth',
    ...
]

Replace the standard authorisation URLs in your URL configuration:

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^', include('xauth.login_ajax_urls'))
]

Now you can either perform the usual non-AJAX GET and POST to login as you would normally, or POST using application/json encoding to login over AJAX.

import $ from 'jquery'

$.ajax({
  url: '/login',
  method: 'POST',
  contentType: 'application/json',
  data: {
    username: 'harry',
    password: 'henderson123'
  }
})

Sometimes you may wish to only allow AJAX logins, in which case set XAUTH_AJAX to True in your settings file.