How to Implement Django's Built In Password Management
By Justin
Let's implement Django's built-in password management so our users can change their passwords as needed.
Requirements
- You have your email setup
- User's email has been confirmed as we use their email to reset their password.
1. Update your Project's Main URLs
# yourproject.urls.py
from django.conf.urls import url, include
urlpatterns = [
...
url(r'^accounts/', include('accounts.password.urls')),
...
]
2. Create a passwords module
$ cd /path/to/your/project/root # where manage.py is
$ python manage.py startapp accounts # assuming we want to store our passwords module here.
$ mkdir accounts/passwords
$ touch accounts/passwords/__init__.py
$ touch accounts/passwords/urls.py
3. Add a urls.py to your passwords module
# accounts.passwords.urls.py
from django.conf.urls import url
from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^password/change/$',
auth_views.PasswordChangeView.as_view(),
name='password_change'),
url(r'^password/change/done/$',
auth_views.PasswordChangeDoneView.as_view(),
name='password_change_done'),
url(r'^password/reset/$',
auth_views.PasswordResetView.as_view(),
name='password_reset'),
url(r'^password/reset/done/$',
auth_views.PasswordResetDoneView.as_view(),
name='password_reset_done'),
url(r'^password/reset/\
(?P<uidb64>[0-9A-Za-z_\-]+)/\
(?P<token>[0-9A-Za-z]{1,13}-[0-9A-Za-z]{1,20})/$',
auth_views.PasswordResetConfirmView.as_view(),
name='password_reset_confirm'),
url(r'^password/reset/complete/$',
auth_views.PasswordResetCompleteView.as_view(),
name='password_reset_complete'),
]
4. Add Required Templates in <your-templates-dir>/registration/
** Ensure it's not within an app dir **
- Download the templates on github.