python django user not authenticated with user object

Question

Ok I am facing this problem with authentication

user_profile = UserProfile.objects.get(email="some@email.com")
new_password = form.cleaned_data['new_password']
user_profile.user.set_password(new_password)
user_profile.user.save()
user = authenticate(username=user_profile.user.username, password=new_password)
print(user)

When I print user it gives None

Why the user is not being authenticated?

Answer 1

The authenticate function from django.contrib.auth returns an instance of django.contrib.auth.models.User class if the credentials match or None if they don't.

I guess no user with username and password provided by you exists. That is why you are getting None.

I suggest going to the shell and running:

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.contrib.auth.hashers import make_password
password = make_password("your_password")
user = User.objects.filter(username="username",password=password)

and see what user holds.