django-contrib is a django package with a variety of extra, optional tools that solve common Web-development problems
django-contrib is a django package with a variety of extra, optional tools that solve common Web-development problems.
Questions tagged [django-contrib]
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request.user returns a SimpleLazyObject, how do I "wake" it?
I have the following method:
def _attempt(actor):
if actor.__class__ != User:
raise TypeError
Which is called from a view:
self.object.attempt(self.request.user)
As you can see, the _attempt method expects actor to be type…
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Does Django ship with the authentication templates for use with the django.contrib.auth module?
I found some under the tests directory but I'm not sure if they are the right ones.
By authentication templates I mean login.htm, password_reset.htm, etc.
Some of the templates can be found at:…
Mridang Agarwalla
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Django: Why create a OneToOne to UserProfile instead of subclassing auth.User?
Note: If you are tempted to 'answer' this question by telling me that you don't like django.contrib.auth, please move on. That will not be helpful. I am well aware of the range and strength of opinions on this matter.
Now, the question:
The…
jMyles
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Unable to create an integration test for Django's reset password flow
I'm trying to implement an integration test for the password reset flow, but I'm stuck at the "password_reset_confirm" view. I already tested the flow manually, and it works fine. Unfortunately, the Django unit test client seems unable to follow…
Nicholas
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contrib.staticfiles and Django admin media
I just switched from 1.2 to trunk (r15175 at this writing) to play with contrib.staticfiles, and now when using the local devserver all my admin media returns a 404. The static media (as managed by the new contrib app) all work as expected, but I'd…
saturdayplace
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Django: Is "collectstatic" supposed to collect media files as well?
I dont know if I am confusing the purpose of collectstatic. Here's my settings module:
# BASE_DIR is the location of my django project folder
STATIC_URL = '/this.static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(BASE_DIR),…
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django comments: how to prevent form errors from redirecting the user to the preview page?
Currently, django.contrib.comments sends the user to the preview page if there is any error on the form.
I am using comments in the context of a blog and I would much rather that the user stayed on the page they were on if something went wrong with…
Teebes
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When storing phone numbers in Django, should I store them as an raw digits or use django.contrib.localflavor?
The title may have been confusing, but please let me explain:
Currently when I am storing phone number with raw digits like 5554441234. Then in my template I was going to "format" the number into something like 555-444-1234.
I realized in Django's…
hobbes3
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Django - get_current_site(request) just grabs example.com
My django project is working with a third-party forum. The activation_email is being send through get_current_site(request).
The password rest is done by a django built called password_reset from django.contrib.auth.views import.
For another app I…
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Testing only project in Django
When I try to run python manage.py test in my Django (1.4) project, I get the error:
ERROR: test_site_profile_not_available…
saul.shanabrook
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Postal Code model field shows up as State list in Admin
Not sure, but I think this may be a bug?
Here is my model:
class Property(models.Model):
Name = models.CharField(max_length=40)
Description = models.TextField(default="Description Not Available")
Address = models.CharField(max_length=60,…
Kerry Hatcher
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django: failing tests from django.contrib.auth
When I run my django test I get following errors, that are outside of my test suite:
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ERROR: test_known_user…
gruszczy
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Django - Read the current's user authentication backend class
I am using a custom authentication backend with Django, to automatically create and login users from a legacy system. My Backend class is this:
from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from…
Camilo Díaz Repka
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Spurious failures in django.contrib.messages.tests when running manage.py test
I've recently added authentication (via django.contrib.auth of course) to my application, along with appropriate "signin"/"signup" links to my base.html.
The problem comes when I run manage.py tests, and I get 4 failures, all from…
David J. Murphy
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Intermittent ImportError with Django package
I have the following import line in a Django 1.4 project running in Python 2.7.6:
from django.contrib.gis.utils import GeoIP
This line works just fine 100% of the time in production and in development, but this line fails with an ImportError in…
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