Django authentication-system

This repository contains code for an authentication system built using Django. The system allows users to sign up, log in, log out, and reset their passwords. It also includes an account activation feature via email confirmation.

Key Features:

User registration with email verification
Login and logout functionality
Password reset via email
Account activation through email confirmation
User interface templates for registration, login, password reset, and account activation

The project utilizes Django's built-in authentication system, including user models, login views, password reset functionality, and token generation. It incorporates email sending capabilities for account verification and password reset. The code is structured into views and templates for seamless integration into a Django project.

Technologies used: Django, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Settings

✨ To use it, you need to complete the following steps:

Clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/lazycatcoder/django-authentication-system.git

Open a terminal and navigate to the project 'authentication-system-django' folder
```
   cd path/.../authentication-system-django
```
Create a virtual environment in the 'authentication-system-django' folder
```
   python -m venv venv
```

Activate the virtual environment

   source venv/bin/activate   # MacOS/Linux 

   venv\Scripts\activate      # Windows

Install the following dependencies

   pip install Django==4.2.1
   pip install six==1.16.0

Use the console to navigate to the 'authentication-system-django\lss' folder
```
   cd lss
```

Make migration

   python manage.py makemigrations
   python manage.py migrate

Сollect static files
```
   python manage.py collectstatic
```
Navigate to folder 'authentication-system-django\lss\lss' and open the settings.py file.

The next step is to fill in some data in settings.py:

Generating a new SECRET_KEY in Django
```
   python -c 'from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key; print(get_random_secret_key())'
```
This command will execute a Python script that imports the get_random_secret_key() function and calls it to generate a new key. The result will be printed in the terminal.

When you get the new key, copy it and paste it into settings.py instead of SECRET_KEY = ' ''

Navigate to the 'authentication-system-django\lss\lss' folder, open the info.py file and paste your Email and App password

   EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'youremail@gmail.com'
   EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'yourpassword'
   DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'youremail@gmail.com'

You can get the app password in your Google account: https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords

Use the console to navigate to the 'authentication-system-django\lss' folder and run the server

   python manage.py runserver

Open a browser and enter the following address to launch the project http://127.0.0.1:8000/ 🚀