How to allow users to change their own passwords in Django?

Question

Can any one point me to code where users can change their own passwords in Django?

Answer 1

This tutorial shows how to do it with function based views:

View file:

from django.contrib import messages
from django.contrib.auth import update_session_auth_hash
from django.contrib.auth.forms import PasswordChangeForm
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect

def change_password(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = PasswordChangeForm(request.user, request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            user = form.save()
            update_session_auth_hash(request, user)  # Important!
            messages.success(request, 'Your password was successfully updated!')
            return redirect('change_password')
        else:
            messages.error(request, 'Please correct the error below.')
    else:
        form = PasswordChangeForm(request.user)
    return render(request, 'accounts/change_password.html', {
        'form': form
    })

Url file:

from django.conf.urls import url
from myproject.accounts import views

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^password/$', views.change_password, name='change_password'),
]

And finally, the template:

  {% csrf_token %}
  {{ form }}
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