Django Tutorial 6 - User Authentication Part 1 - Hacked Existence May 2026

Add LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'home' to redirect users to the homepage.

This guide covers the core concepts of setting up user authentication based on the Hacked Existence tutorial series. 🚀 Core Authentication Concepts Add LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'home' to redirect users to

from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required from django.shortcuts import render @login_required def secret_page(request): return render(request, 'secret.html') Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard Add LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'home' to redirect users to

: Verifies that a user is who they claim to be. Add LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'home' to redirect users to

: Determines what an authenticated user is allowed to do.

Django enables the authentication system by default in new projects. Open your settings.py file and ensure the following apps are listed in INSTALLED_APPS :