Session key is empty after login on Django Channels development server

[Utku Gültopu]

When I log a user in using django.contrib.auth.login function, session_key is sometimes not set in the request of the view.

Code in views.py:

from django.contrib import auth
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.http import HttpResponse
import json

def login(request):
    username = request.POST['username']
    password = request.POST['password']
    user = auth.authenticate(username=username, password=password)
    if user is not None:
        try:
            auth.login(request, user)
            session_key = request.session.session_key
            if session_key is not None:
                return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'status': 'Success',
                    'sessionid': session_key}))
            else:
                return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'status': 'Empty session key'}))
        except Exception as e:
            return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'status': 'Cannot log in'}))
    else:
        return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'status': 'Cannot authenticate'}))

When I try to log in an existing user with this code, sometimes I will get the Empty session key response. In those cases, I resend the exact same request and this time, session key is successfully set.

What is the reason for this? What am I missing here?

I am using Django Channels development server and stunnel as the SSL proxy.

Regards

[Andrew Godwin]

Hi,

Have you tried removing the "channels" package from INSTALLED_APPS and making sure it fails without that as well?

Andrew

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[Utku Gültopu]

It's something about Django. I don't know if it is expected behavior or not, hence I created a ticket.

Regards

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