How to log a user in by getting data from an API? - django

Question

I am writing an API view where am accessing API to POST email and password to the address and fetch response.So i want if response is 200 or repose message is 'Success' then to login with available email and password datas, but i'm not able to do so. How to achieve such?
class ApiLoginView(TemplateView):
template_name = 'index.html'
def post(self,request):
email = request.POST.get('login-email')
print(email)
password = request.POST.get('login-password')
print(password)
API_KEY = '*********************'
API_URL = 'http://devstudio.com/rest/storeLogin'
parameter = {
'authToken':API_KEY,
'email':email,
'password':password,
}
r = session.post(url = API_URL, params=parameter)
return HttpResponse(r)

Answer 1

if you are using djagno's built-in auth and user system then you can use something like this
from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login
class ApiLoginView(TemplateView):
template_name = 'index.html'
def post(self,request):
email = request.POST.get('login-email')
print(email)
password = request.POST.get('login-password')
print(password)
API_KEY = '*********************'
API_URL = 'http://devstudio.com/rest/storeLogin'
parameter = {
'authToken':API_KEY,
'email':email,
'password':password,
}
r = session.post(url = API_URL, params=parameter)
if r.status_code==200:
user = authenticate(request, username=username, password=password)
if user is not None:
login(request, user)
# Redirect to a success page.
else:
# Return an 'invalid login' error message.
return HttpResponse(r)
for reference check this https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/auth/default/#topic-authorization
hope this helps..