Django execute a function after django.contrib.auth.login

Question

I am using Django's default authentication system to run my website. So whenever a user logs in in urls.py I have -

(r'^login/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.login'),

I guess django uses django.contrib.auth.login & django.contrib.auth.authenticate to login.

Now as part of some requirement I am needed to run some function calls just after a user logs in. How do i do that ?

I think ShZ's answer to this question is just what you need http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1990502/django-signal-when-user-logs-in — Pill, Oct 10 '11 at 06:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '11 at 07:17

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Just include a signal function. Whenever a user logs in, django fires a signal and your function will be called.

Refer the documentation on auth signals.

answered Oct 10 '11 at 07:17

lprsd

but `signals` are in django1.3 onwards right? I am currently using django1.2. What are the alternatives that i can use now ? – Srikar Appalaraju Oct 17 '11 at 16:27

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