Why Django built-in auth matters - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to import Django's built-in authentication system.

Django

from django.contrib import [1]

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Asessions

Bmessages

Cadmin

Dauth

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Common Mistakes

Importing 'sessions' instead of 'auth'.

Using 'admin' which is for site administration, not authentication.

Django's built-in authentication system is accessed via django.contrib.auth. This module provides user management features.

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medium

Complete the code to check if a user is authenticated in a Django view.

Django

if request.user.[1]:

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Ais_staff

Bis_authenticated

Chas_perm

Dis_active

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Common Mistakes

Using 'is_active' which checks if the user account is active, not if logged in.

Using 'has_perm' which checks permissions, not authentication.

Use is_authenticated to check if the user is logged in. It returns True for authenticated users.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to log in a user using Django's auth system.

Django

from django.contrib.auth import [1]

user = authenticate(request, username='john', password='pass')
if user is not None:
    [1](request, user)

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Aauthenticate

Blogout

Clogin

Dget_user

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Common Mistakes

Using 'logout' instead of 'login'.

Calling 'authenticate' again instead of 'login'.

The login function logs in the user after authentication. The code imports and calls login.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a user with Django's built-in User model.

Django

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

user = [2].objects.create_user(username='alice', password='secret')

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AUser

BGroup

CPermission

DAnonymousUser

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Common Mistakes

Using 'Group' or 'Permission' which are for roles and rights, not users.

Using 'AnonymousUser' which represents a non-logged-in user.

The User model is imported and used to create a new user with create_user.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to check user permissions and log out in Django.

Django

from django.contrib.auth import [1]

if request.user.has_perm('[2]'):
    [3](request)

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Alogout

Bauth.change_user

Cauth.delete_post

Dlogin

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Common Mistakes

Using 'login' instead of 'logout' to log out.

Using invalid permission strings.

The logout function logs out the user. The permission string must be a valid permission like auth.change_user.