Python Django Custom Authentication with Email Verification - Complete Project Tutorial

Video Description

In this step by step tutorial we’ll learn how to create an email verification system in Django from Scratch. We will not use any external libraries or frameworks for authentication, instead we will create everything ourselves; we will make our own token generator, custom generator form, Activation email and view that checks the validity of the tokens and handles the activation status of user accounts and much much more. The goal is to provide a clear and comprehensive guide. Throughout this tutorial, we'll cover essential aspects of the implementation; we will create our own token generator, custom generator form, activation email and views that checks the validity of the tokens and handles the activation status of user accounts and much much more. My goal when making this tutorial is to make the whole process as clear and complete as possible. You can access and download the code file from my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/PikoCanFly Chapters: 00:00 - What will do 00:22 - Create Directory 00:33 - Create Python .venv Environment 00:50 - Install Django 01:21 - start new django project + runserver + run migrations Configure Email Settings: 02:25 - Create .env to keep environment variables - such as email address and password 03:07 - Install and use Python dot env (python-dotenv) to load environment variables 03:30 - Configure Django email settings for sending emails using the SMTP server Token Generator: 5:40 - Create tokens.py 5:54 - Define Token Generator Function that inherits from PasswordResetTokenGenerator Registration Form: 07:11 - Create forms.py 08:13 - Define Class Registration form that inherits from Django’s UserCreationForm Views: 09:47 - Create views.py 09:58 - Define Registration View that has logic for email message including sending the verification email 16:53 - Define Index view 17:38 - Define Activate View + logic to decode token and activate users URLS 21:55 - define URL patterns Templates: 23:40 - Create templates dir + add path in settings.py 24:45 - create base-template file + Add HTML boilerplate 28:31 - Create Register template followed by Login template 30:15 - Activation Email Template 31:49 - Redirect to index upon Login 32:16 - Add Path to Static Directory in settings.py 34:09 - Add CSS styling 34:58 - Style message according to tag ----- If you're considering hosting your app on DigitalOcean, it’d be awesome if you used my referral link! You'll get $200 in free credits, and I'll get $25. Here is the link: https://m.do.co/c/58e570dc13ea #Python #Django #tutorial #authentication #email #verification