4. Authorization and registration ==================== You can use any auth app for django but if you want a quick and easy setup with GoScale you're in luck - we support django-allauth_ (only version 0.9 at the moment)! Which is one of the most convenient apps to handle all of your user account needs. We also added a few template tags and utils for it to make it easier to use. .. _django-allauth: https://github.com/pennersr/django-allauth 4.1. Installation --------------------- Just follow the tutorial from django-allauth_ README. Here's a brief summary: Install django the requirements:: pip install django-allauth==0.9.0 django-avatar ./manage.py syncdb ./manage.py migrate settings.py:: TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = ( ... "django.core.context_processors.request", ... "allauth.account.context_processors.account", "allauth.socialaccount.context_processors.socialaccount", ... ) AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ( ... # Needed to login by username in Django admin, regardless of `allauth` "django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend", # `allauth` specific authentication methods, such as login by e-mail "allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend", ... ) INSTALLED_APPS = ( ... 'avatar', 'allauth', 'allauth.account', 'allauth.socialaccount', # ... include the providers you want to enable: 'allauth.socialaccount.providers.facebook', 'allauth.socialaccount.providers.google', 'allauth.socialaccount.providers.github', 'allauth.socialaccount.providers.linkedin', 'allauth.socialaccount.providers.openid', 'allauth.socialaccount.providers.persona', 'allauth.socialaccount.providers.soundcloud', 'allauth.socialaccount.providers.stackexchange', 'allauth.socialaccount.providers.twitter', 'allauth.socialaccount.providers.weibo', ... ) urls.py:: urlpatterns = patterns('', ... (r'^accounts/', include('allauth.urls')), (r'^goscale/', include('goscale.urls')), ... ) Example settings (consult the docs for more customizaton):: LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/' ACCOUNT_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD = 'username_email' ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = 'optional' SOCIALACCOUNT_PROVIDERS = { 'google': { 'SCOPE': [ 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile', 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email' ], 'AUTH_PARAMS': { 'access_type': 'online' } } } Make sure to create social apps in the admin for all the providers you choose. 4.2. Usage --------------------- You can use it as is the way intended by django-allauth_ . Or you can use GoScale combined Sign In / Sign Up view:: {% load url from future %} {% load i18n %} {% load account %} We also already have a template tag that handles the whole "User bar":: {% load goscale_tags %} {% goscale_user %}