Titivillus/login/views.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
/login app views.
"""
from django.contrib import messages
from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login

from .forms import LoginForm

def index(request):
	"""
	The login page.
	"""
	if request.user.is_authenticated:
		return redirect('homepage:index')
	if request.method == "GET":
		form = LoginForm()
		return render(request, 'login/index.html', {'form': form})
	form = LoginForm(request.POST)
	if form.is_valid():
		user = authenticate(
			request,
			username=form.cleaned_data.get('username'),
			password=form.cleaned_data.get('password'))
		if user is not None:
			login(request, user)
			messages.success(request, "Logged in")
			return redirect('homepage:index')
	messages.error(request, "Invalid credentials")
	return render(request, 'login/index.html', {'form': form})