Django Authentication system modifications - django

Question

I am new to Django Authentication system and I am unable to find the correct debugging method.
I want to create a function to handle login requests and I have done the necessary steps to do the same.
created a login url path in main project URLS.py file.
path('members/', include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),
path('members/', include('members.urls')),
created a login url in members app to point to a function created in views.py
urlpatterns = [
path('login/', views.login_user, name='login'),]
defined what to do when user comes to specific url
def login_user(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
print('-'*100)
username = request.POST['username']
password = request.POST['password']
user = authenticate(request, username=username, password=password)
if user is not None:
login(request, user)
messages.success(request, ("You are now logged in"))
return redirect('index')
else:
messages.success(request, ("Invalid credentials"))
return redirect('login')
return render(request, 'registration/Login.html')
I have created a Login Page in templates folder.
{% extends 'Base.html'%}
{% block title %}
Login to the Blog Page
{% endblock %}
{% block content%}
<h1>Members Login</h1>
<div class="form-group">
<form method="POST" action="">
{% csrf_token %}
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputEmail1" class="form-label">User Name</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" name = "username">
<div id="emailHelp" class="form-text">We'll never share your email with
anyone else.</div>
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputPassword1" class="form-label">Password</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" name="password">
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Login</button>
</form>
<br>
</div>
{% endblock %}
Now when I get to the /members/login after submitting the user details the print statement in post method is not printed in the console. So I am suspecting that the post request is not being redirected to the login_user function. Can anyone help me out to identify why?

Answer 1

Djnago will fire the view that it first finds for the path members/login, and that is the login view of the django.contrib.auth module. You can swap the order of the views to visit the login view of your view:
urlpatterns = [
path('members/', include('members.urls')), # 🖘 `members.urls first
path('members/', include('django.contrib.auth.urls'))
]
But it might be better to give your view a different path, to prevent any confusion.