After a successful login, Django needs to know where to send the user. You can define this in your settings.py file.
By default, LoginView looks for a template at registration/login.html . Create this file in your templates directory: After a successful login, Django needs to know
: The system is bundled as django.contrib.auth in your settings. 🛠️ Step 1: Verify Installed Apps Create this file in your templates directory: :
from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views from django.urls import path urlpatterns = [ path('login/', auth_views.LoginView.as_view(), name='login'), ] Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard 2. Create the Login Template Create the Login Template Add LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = 'login'
Add LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = 'login' to redirect users to the login page after logging out. 🛡️ Step 4: Protect Your Views
To allow users to log in, you need to map a URL to Django's built-in login view and create a template for the login form. 1. Update your URLconf Add the path to the login view in your urls.py file: