Login view and template in Django - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to import the Django login view.

Django

from django.contrib.auth.views import [1]

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ALoginView

BSignupView

CPasswordResetView

DLogoutView

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Common Mistakes

Importing LogoutView instead of LoginView

Using SignupView which is not built-in

Confusing PasswordResetView with LoginView

The LoginView is the built-in Django view to handle user login.

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medium

Complete the code to define a URL pattern for the login view.

Django

path('login/', [1].as_view(), name='login')

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ASignupView

BLogoutView

CLoginView

DPasswordResetView

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Common Mistakes

Using LogoutView instead of LoginView

Forgetting to call as_view()

Using a view not related to login

The URL pattern should use LoginView.as_view() to connect the login page.

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hard

Fix the error in the login template to correctly display the username input field.

Django

<input type="text" name="[1]" placeholder="Username">

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Ausername

Bemail

Cuser

Dlogin

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Common Mistakes

Using 'email' instead of 'username' without custom backend

Using 'user' which is not recognized

Using 'login' which is not a valid field name

The login form expects the input field name to be username for authentication.

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hard

Fill both blanks to complete the login template form with CSRF token and password input.

Django

<form method="post">
  {% csrf_token %}
  <input type="text" name="username" placeholder="Username">
  <input type="[1]" name="password" placeholder="Password">
  <button type="[2]">Log In</button>
</form>

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Asubmit

Bpassword

Cbutton

Dtext

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Common Mistakes

Using input type 'text' for password

Using button type 'button' which does not submit the form

The password input type must be password to hide characters, and the button type should be submit to send the form.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to customize the login view with a template and redirect URL.

Django

class CustomLoginView(LoginView):
    template_name = '[1]'
    redirect_authenticated_user = [2]
    next_page = '[3]'

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Alogin.html

BTrue

C/dashboard/

DFalse

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Common Mistakes

Using incorrect template file name

Setting redirect_authenticated_user to False

Leaving next_page empty or incorrect

Set template_name to the login template file, redirect_authenticated_user to True to redirect logged-in users, and next_page to the URL to redirect after login.