Logging out Users and Checking Authentication Status

mitchtabian · mitchtabian · commit 3df2664ff815 · 2019-06-18T10:28:38.000-07:00
diff --git a/src/account/views.py b/src/account/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
-from django.contrib.auth import login, authenticate
+from django.contrib.auth import login, authenticate, logout
 from account.forms import RegistrationForm
 
 
@@ -23,5 +23,10 @@ def registration_view(request):
 	return render(request, 'account/register.html', context)
 
 
+def logout_view(request):
+	logout(request)
+	return redirect('/')
+
+
 
 
diff --git a/src/mysite/urls.py b/src/mysite/urls.py
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
 
 from account.views import (
     registration_view,
+    logout_view,
 )
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
     path('', home_screen_view, name="home"),
     path('register/', registration_view, name="register"),
+    path('logout/', logout_view, name="logout"),
 ]
diff --git a/src/templates/base.html b/src/templates/base.html
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 <html lang=en>
 
 <head>
-	<div style="border: 2px solid #000;">
-		<h1>This is the Header</h1>
-	</div>
+	{% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
+	<p>Hello, {{request.user.username}} | <a href="{% url 'logout' %}">Logout</a></p>
+	{% else %}
+	<p><a href="{% url 'register' %}">Register</a> | <a href="#">Login</a></p>
+	{% endif %}
+	<hr>
+	
 </head>
 
 <body>
@@ -16,9 +20,8 @@ <h1>This is the Header</h1>
 </body>
 
 <footer>
-	<div style="border: 2px solid #000;">
-		<h2>This is the footer</h2>
-	</div>
+	<hr>
+	<p>CodingWithMitch Blog Course | 2019</p>
 </footer>
 
 </html>

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@`
`22`	`22`
`23`	`23`	`from account.views import (`
`24`	`24`	`registration_view,`
	`25`	`+ logout_view,`
`25`	`26`	`)`
`26`	`27`
`27`	`28`	`urlpatterns = [`
`28`	`29`	`path('admin/', admin.site.urls),`
`29`	`30`	`path('', home_screen_view, name="home"),`
`30`	`31`	`path('register/', registration_view, name="register"),`
	`32`	`+ path('logout/', logout_view, name="logout"),`
`31`	`33`	`]`