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Authentication

How does Authenticaton work in this site?
Step 1. Run the initial migrations in terminal.

- python manage.py makemigration

- python manage.py migrate

Step 2. Create a Super User to access the database with the following command.

- python manage.py createsuperuser

Step 3. Import login_required decorators in view.py file. 
<!-- views.py  -->
  from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
Step 4. Write the logic for login in views.py.
Make sure not to add the decorator about login or sign-up or any other page which do not require authentication to open. 
<!-- views.py  -->
  def login_simple(request):
  if request.method == 'POST':
      form = AuthenticationForm(data=request.POST)
      if form.is_valid():
          user = form.get_user()
          login(request,user)
          if 'next' in request.GET:
              nextPage = request.GET['next]
              return HttpResponseRedirect(nextPage)
          else:
              return redirect('dashboard_ecommerce')
  else:
      form =AuthenticationForm()
  context={"form":form}
  return render(request,'others/authentication/login/login.html',context)
Step 5. Add the decorator above those views which will require authentication before accessing the page.
In login_url="redirect_page_path" ,write the path of the page you want to redirect to, usually it is to Login Page.
<!-- views.py  -->
    @login_required(login_url="/login")
    def page_view(request):
        return render(request,'general/dashboard/default/index.html',)
  
    @login_required(login_url="/login")
    def page_view_2(request):
        return render(request,'general/dashboard/default/index2.html',)
All Set
Note: Do not forget to add correct paths in urls.py file.