The Django authentication system handles both authentication and authorization. Briefly, authentication verifies a user is who they claim to be, and authorization determines what an authenticated user is allowed to do. Here the term authentication is used to refer to both tasks.
What is user authentication and authorization in Django?
Django provides an authentication and authorization (“permission”) system, built on top of the session framework discussed in the previous tutorial, that allows you to verify user credentials and define what actions each user is allowed to perform.
, and request. User will be a Django User instance., and request. Auth will be None. If not, the value of request. User will be set to as an instance of django., and contrib., and auth., and models., anonymous User, and request. Auth will be set to None.
What is the purpose of an app in Django?
The app will allow users to post a message that is visible by everyone who comes to the app. You will also learn how to use Auth0 for authentication in your Django application. For this tutorial, I’ll assume you have experience with Django and its standard patterns.
How do I create a user model in Django?
Then you need to tell Django you want to use this as the user model. Add the following near the top of the settings. Py file: Now that you have the user model, you can migrate all the default tables. Then, create a super user so you can use the admin dashboard later. Then you will need to register the user model you created on the admin dashboard.
One inquiry we ran across in our research was “How do I view my existing user records in Django?”.
One frequent answer is, login to the site using the credentials for your superuser account. The top level of the Admin site displays all of your models, sorted by “Django application”. From the Authentication and Authorization section, you can click the Users or Groups links to see their existing records.