Implemented login page features along wit simple template

core/forms.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from django import forms
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm
+
+User = get_user_model()
+
+class CustomAuthenticationForm(AuthenticationForm):
+    username = forms.CharField(
+        widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'required': True}))
+    password = forms.CharField(
+        widget=forms.PasswordInput(attrs={'required': True}))
+    remember_me = forms.BooleanField(required=False)

core/templates/core/login.html

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<h1>Login</h1>
+<form method="post">
+    {% csrf_token %}
+    {{ form.as_p }}
+    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
+</form>

core/urls.py

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.urls import path
+from .import views
+
+app_name = 'core'
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('login/', views.LoginView.as_view(), name='login'),
+]

core/views.py

@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from . forms import CustomAuthenticationForm
 from django.views import generic
+from django.contrib.auth import views
+from django.contrib.auth import login
+from django.shortcuts import redirect
 
 class LandingPageView(generic.TemplateView):
-    template_name = 'landing_page.html'
+    template_name = 'landing_page.html'
+
+
+class LoginView(views.LoginView):
+    form_class = CustomAuthenticationForm
+    template_name = 'core/login.html'
+
+    def form_valid(self, form):
+        remember_me = form.cleaned_data['remember_me']
+        login(self.request, form.get_user())
+        if remember_me:
+            self.request.session.set_expiry(1209600)
+        return redirect('landing-page')

main/settings/base.py

@@ -81,3 +81,6 @@
 # Default primary key field type
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+
+
+SESSION_EXPIRE_AT_BROWSER_CLOSE = True

main/urls.py

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
-    path('', LandingPageView.as_view(), name='landing-page')
+    path('', LandingPageView.as_view(), name='landing-page'),
+    path('core/', include('core.urls', namespace='core')),
 ]
 
 if settings.DEBUG:

templates/landing_page.html

@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-<h1>Landing Page</h1>
+<h1>Landing Page</h1>
+{% if user.is_authenticated %}
+<p>{{user.email}}</p>
+{% else %}
+<p>Not logged in</p>
+{% endif %}