django - Getting TypeError at /login/: authenticate() got an unexpected keyword argument 'username'

Question

I am trying to authenticate the user using Django in-built User model. Here is the view of the login page:

if request.user.is_authenticated:
        return redirect('dashboard')
    usern = ''
    if request.method == 'POST':
        email = request.POST.get('email')
        password = request.POST.get('password')
        userinfo = User.objects.filter(email=email)
        print('entering')
        for user_det in userinfo:
            usern=user_det.username
        print(usern)
        user = authenticate(request, username=usern, password=password)
        print(user)
        if user is not None:
            print('available')
            login(request, user)
            return redirect('dashboard')
        else:
            messages.info(request, 'Username or password incorrect')
            return render(request, 'account/login.html') 
            
    return render(request, 'account/login.html') 

After logging in, I am getting the following error:

TypeError at /login/

authenticate() got an unexpected keyword argument 'username'

I have seen some stack overflow before and they suggested ambiguity issue with a view and auth function naming.

I would really appreciate the help. Thanks in advance!

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65940753/getting-typeerror-at-login-authenticate-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument

Answer 1

You may be using an older version of Django.

in that case, you don't need to supply the request.

authenticate(username='john', password='secret')