how to retrieve password in django 2.0?

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Im using ldap for user authentication in django 2.0, and i need to create an endpoint to authenticate user from another application just passing the username to then redirect them. Isnt yet something to retrieve the raw password?

Did you check [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/9572182/5312750)? — Sachin, Aug 30 '18 at 15:46
How are you planning on passing the username? And they would be creating a password not retrieving a password correct? — Braden Holt, Aug 30 '18 at 15:48
Just an fyi, you generally don't retrieve a password, you supply a password and retrieve an ephemeral unique string / token. For instance, when a user authenticates to another application with Facebook they don't use a password. — Braden Holt, Aug 30 '18 at 15:55
ldap3 requires raw password, I've set the endpoint (url and view) to be receiving the username as a request parameter and at the view, then proceed query the User model using the username parameter to authenticate the user. — Jcc.Sanabria, Aug 30 '18 at 15:58
Is this only going to be happening once when the user registers? Or do you need the user to be able to login with this as well. — Braden Holt, Aug 30 '18 at 16:03
login with this as well, the registration is automatically set at the first login — Jcc.Sanabria, Aug 30 '18 at 16:08
Have you tried looking at how Facebook does this?https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login / https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-oauth-2 — Braden Holt, Aug 30 '18 at 16:20
It is a nice security schema, but it is not what Im looking for or I need for this situation. This security layer could be in a future development phase. — Jcc.Sanabria, Aug 30 '18 at 17:47

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 30 '18 at 16:53

Using the **encrypt** method imported from **django_cryptography.fields**, define a password attribute for the model LdapProfile (model related to User to store the user profile on ldap) and then, use this password attribute in ldap.authenticate(username, password).

password = encrypt(models.CharField(
    max_length=255,
        null=True,
        blank=True
    ))

how to retrieve password in django 2.0?

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