Why not use django's builtin Authentication models? It handles most
of this for you.
from django.contrib import auth
authenticate with:
user = auth.authenticate(username=username,
password=password)
then log the user in:
auth.login(request, user)
and presto, in your request object, you'll always have a request.user.
You can then also always put the request in your context (or even use
RequestContext). Just add it to the context dictionary..
http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/authentication/
Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
> I have a website where people can login and keep track of their
> favorite products. Whenever they login I create a session variable:
> 'request.session['member_id']'. If this session variable is set then
> I know that a user is logged in. In order to get this to work I have
> to send the session variable in the return statement of every view.
> Then in my template I have an if statement that either displays
> 'Login' or 'Welcome, User' depending on if
> 'request.session['member_id']' is True or False.
>
> I've created custom tags before where I bring back data from a a
> class. However, I'm not sure how I create a custom tag to send a
> session variable. Because the session variable is part of a request
> object, and i don't know how to have my custom tag have access to the
> 'request'.
>
> Anybody know how I can develp this so that I don't have to send my
> session variable in the return statement of every view?
>
> Thanks
>
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