django login Exception Value: 'unicode' object is not callable - django

Question

I'm attempting to setup a login using django and bootstrap found here and here
my views.py
def LoginRequest(request):
if request.user.is_authenticated():
return HttpResponseRedirect(request.META.get('HTTP_REFERER', '/'))
if request.method == 'POST':
form = LoginForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
email = form.cleaned_data['email']
password = form.cleaned_data['password']
user = authenticate(email=email, password=password)
if user is not None:
login(request, user)
return HttpResponseRedirect(request.META.get('HTTP_REFERER', '/'))
else:
return render_to_response('/', {'form': form}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
else:
return render_to_response('/', {'form': form}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
else:
form = LoginForm()
return render_to_response('/', {'form': form}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
my urls.py
from core.views import LoginRequest, LogoutRequest, ContactRequest
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^login/$', 'LoginRequest'),
url(r'^logout/$', 'LogoutRequest'),
my forms.py
class LoginForm(forms.Form):
email = forms.CharField(label=(u'Email'), max_length=30)
password = forms.CharField(label=(u'Password'), widget=forms.PasswordInput(render_value=False), max_length=30)
And the snippet from my index.html -
{% if user.is_authenticated %}
<li><a href={% url 'dashboard' %}>Dashboard</a></li>
{% else %}
<li class="dropdown">
<a class="dropdown-toggle" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown">Login<strong class="caret"></strong></a>
<div class="dropdown-menu" style="padding: 15px; padding-bottom: 10px;">
<form action='/login/' method="POST">
{% csrf_token %}
{% if form.errors %}
{{ form.errors}}
{% endif %}
<label for="id_email">Login:</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="id_email">
<br />
<label for="id_password">Pass:</label>
<input type="password" name="password" id="id_password">
<br />
<input class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="Login" />
<input type="hidden" name="next" value="{{ '/dashboard' }}" />
</form>
</div>
</li>
{% endif %}
As soon as I hit "login" I get the following traceback -
Traceback:
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response
111. response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
Exception Type: TypeError at /login/
Exception Value: 'unicode' object is not callable

Answer 1

In your urls file, you need to remove the string around the view names.
Like this:
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^login/$', LoginRequest), #Shred the quotes
url(r'^logout/$', LogoutRequest), #Shred the quotes
Note that the new django recommended way is:
from core import views
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^login/$', views.LoginRequest),
url(r'^logout/$', views.LogoutRequest),
Also, you can simplify your view like this:
def LoginRequest(request):
redirect_to = request.META.get('HTTP_REFERER', '/')
if request.user.is_authenticated():
return HttpResponseRedirect(redirect_to)
form = LoginForm()
if request.method == 'POST':
form = LoginForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
email = form.cleaned_data['email']
password = form.cleaned_data['password']
user = authenticate(email=email, password=password)
if user is not None:
login(request, user)
return HttpResponseRedirect(redirect_to)
return render_to_response('/', {'form': form}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
Also, / needs to be something like: /index.html - depends on where the template is located.