Ability to use simplified login

docs/configuration.rst

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Configuration
 
         - LOGIN_SERIALIZER - serializer class in ``rest_auth.views.LoginView``, default value ``rest_auth.serializers.LoginSerializer``
 
+        - SIMPLE_LOGIN_SERIALIZER - serializer class in ``rest_auth.views.SimpleLoginView``, default value ``rest_auth.serializers.SimpleLoginSerializer``
+
         - TOKEN_SERIALIZER - response for successful authentication in ``rest_auth.views.LoginView``, default value ``rest_auth.serializers.TokenSerializer``
 
         - USER_DETAILS_SERIALIZER - serializer class in ``rest_auth.views.UserDetailsView``, default value ``rest_auth.serializers.UserDetailsSerializer``
@@ -40,3 +42,6 @@ Configuration
 
 
 - **USER_DETAILS_INCLUDED** - is user details urls are needed
+
+
+- **SIMPLE_LOGIN** - is simplified is used

rest_auth/app_settings.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from rest_auth.serializers import (
     TokenSerializer as DefaultTokenSerializer,
     UserDetailsSerializer as DefaultUserDetailsSerializer,
     LoginSerializer as DefaultLoginSerializer,
+    SimpleLoginSerializer as DefaultSimpleLoginSerializer,
     PasswordResetSerializer as DefaultPasswordResetSerializer,
     PasswordResetConfirmSerializer as DefaultPasswordResetConfirmSerializer,
     PasswordChangeSerializer as DefaultPasswordChangeSerializer)
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ LoginSerializer = import_callable(
     serializers.get('LOGIN_SERIALIZER', DefaultLoginSerializer)
 )
 
+SimpleLoginSerializer = import_callable(
+    serializers.get('SIMPLE_LOGIN_SERIALIZER', DefaultSimpleLoginSerializer)
+)
+
 PasswordResetSerializer = import_callable(
     serializers.get(
         'PASSWORD_RESET_SERIALIZER',

rest_auth/serializers.py

@@ -14,6 +14,34 @@ from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
 
 
+class SimpleLoginSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    username = serializers.CharField()
+    password = serializers.CharField(style={'input_type': 'password'})
+
+    def validate(self, attrs):
+        username = attrs.get('username')
+        password = attrs.get('password')
+
+        if username and password:
+            user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
+
+        else:
+            msg = _('Must include "username" and "password".')
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(msg)
+
+        # Did we get back an active user?
+        if user:
+            if not user.is_active:
+                msg = _('User account is disabled.')
+                raise exceptions.ValidationError(msg)
+        else:
+            msg = _('Unable to log in with provided credentials.')
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(msg)
+
+        attrs['user'] = user
+        return attrs
+
+
 class LoginSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
     username = serializers.CharField(required=False, allow_blank=True)
     email = serializers.EmailField(required=False, allow_blank=True)

rest_auth/urls.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 from django.conf import settings
 
 from rest_auth.views import (
-    LoginView, LogoutView, UserDetailsView, PasswordChangeView,
+    LoginView, SimpleLoginView, LogoutView, UserDetailsView, PasswordChangeView,
     PasswordResetView, PasswordResetConfirmView
 )
 
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ urlpatterns = patterns(
         name='rest_password_reset'),
     url(r'^password/reset/confirm/$', PasswordResetConfirmView.as_view(),
         name='rest_password_reset_confirm'),
-    url(r'^login/$', LoginView.as_view(), name='rest_login'),
     # URLs that require a user to be logged in with a valid session / token.
     url(r'^logout/$', LogoutView.as_view(), name='rest_logout'),
     url(r'^password/change/$', PasswordChangeView.as_view(),
@@ -26,3 +25,14 @@ if getattr(settings, 'USER_DETAILS_INCLUDED', True):
     '',
     url(r'^user/$', UserDetailsView.as_view(), name='rest_user_details'),
 )
+
+if getattr(settings, 'SIMPLE_LOGIN', False):
+    urlpatterns += patterns(
+    '',
+    url(r'^login/$', SimpleLoginView.as_view(), name='rest_login'),
+)
+else:
+    urlpatterns += patterns(
+    '',
+    url(r'^login/$', LoginView.as_view(), name='rest_login'),
+)

rest_auth/views.py

@@ -10,11 +10,41 @@ from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from rest_framework.generics import RetrieveUpdateAPIView
 
 from .app_settings import (
-    TokenSerializer, UserDetailsSerializer, LoginSerializer,
+    TokenSerializer, UserDetailsSerializer, SimpleLoginSerializer,
-    PasswordResetSerializer, PasswordResetConfirmSerializer,
+    LoginSerializer, PasswordResetSerializer, PasswordResetConfirmSerializer,
     PasswordChangeSerializer
 )
 
+class SimpleLoginView(GenericAPIView):
+
+    """
+    Check the credentials and authenticated if the credentials are valid .
+    Calls Django Auth login method to register User ID
+    in Django session framework
+
+    Accept the following POST parameters: username, password
+    """
+    permission_classes = (AllowAny,)
+    serializer_class = SimpleLoginSerializer
+
+    def login(self):
+        self.user = self.serializer.validated_data['user']
+
+        if getattr(settings, 'REST_SESSION_LOGIN', True):
+            login(self.request, self.user)
+
+    def get_error_response(self):
+        return Response(
+            self.serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
+        )
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.serializer = self.get_serializer(data=self.request.data)
+        if not self.serializer.is_valid():
+            return self.get_error_response()
+        self.login()
+        return Response({}, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
 
 class LoginView(GenericAPIView):