I'm trying to Authenticate users by their emails instead of username.
I'm using django-userena and by using its Docs,etc. I set almost anything that is needed. Something like : USERENA_WITHOUT_USERNAMES = True in its setting, etc.
But after signing up, I've faced a chain of problems. like trying to pass my username in the url for authentication, signup completion problems, etc.
I changed some view functions that need username as an argument, but this method neither solved my problem , nor is a correct (and maybe secure) way to do it.
for instance, by routing to this URL http://127.0.0.1:8000/accounts/signup/complete/ (after $ ./manage.py check_permissions ) I get this error:
global name 'username' is not defined
/userena/views.py in directto_user_template
user = get_object_or_404(User, username_iexact=username)
Is there anything that I'm missing ??
UPDATE: Here is the output that I get:
Caught NoReverseMatch while rendering: Reverse for 'userena_activate' with arguments '('xyz@xyz.com', '70b60d1d97015e03ba8d57f31e4c7ff14d6ab753')' and keyword arguments '{}' not found.
It's clear that userena tries to the email as username with URL :
userena/templates/userena/emails/activation_email_message.txt, error at line 8
1 {% load i18n %}{% autoescape off %}
2 {% if not without_usernames %}{% blocktrans with user.username as username %}Dear {{ username }},{% endblocktrans %}
3 {% endif %}
4 {% blocktrans with site.name as site %}Thank you for signing up at {{ site }}.{% endblocktrans %}
5
6 {% trans "To activate your account you should click on the link below:" %}
7
8 {{ protocol }}://{{ site.domain }}{% url userena_activate user.username activation_key %}
9
10 {% trans "Thanks for using our site!" %}
11
12 {% trans "Sincerely" %},
13 {{ site.name }}
14 {% endautoescape %}
UPDATE 2:
Alright . by reading the source code for SignupFormOnlyEmail class form, it says that a random username is generated automatically.
class SignupFormOnlyEmail(SignupForm):
"""
Form for creating a new user account but not needing a username.
This form is an adaptation of :class:`SignupForm`. It's used when
``USERENA_WITHOUT_USERNAME`` setting is set to ``True``. And thus the user
is not asked to supply an username, but one is generated for them. The user
can than keep sign in by using their email.
"""
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(SignupFormOnlyEmail, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
del self.fields['username']
def save(self):
""" Generate a random username before falling back to parent signup form """
while True:
username = sha_constructor(str(random.random())).hexdigest()[:5]
try:
User.objects.get(username__iexact=username)
except User.DoesNotExist: break
self.cleaned_data['username'] = username
return super(SignupFormOnlyEmail, self).save()
UPDATE :
I finally solved the problem. I was also using django-email-as-username beside to django-userena. This was the cause of my problem. Apparently, they have some conflicts. WATCH OUT
