Get Username from a Cookie
- by craphunter
Hi,
I use the backend solution from django. I just want to get a username from the cookie or the session_key to get to know the user. How I can do it?
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session
def start(request, template_name="registration/my_account.html"):
user_id = request.session.get('session_key')
if user_id:
name = request.user.username
return render_to_response(template_name, locals())
else:
return render_to_response('account/noauth.html')
Only else is coming up. What am I doing wrong?
Am I right then that authenticated means he is logged in?
-- Okay this I got!
Firstly, if you have some clarification to a question, update the question, don't post an answer or (even worse) another question, as you have done. Secondly, if the user is logged out, by definition he doesn't have a username.
I mean the advantage of Cookies is to identify a user again. I just want to place his name on the webpage. Even if he is logged out. Or isnt't it possible?
