[Django]-Why isn't django.contrib.auth.authenticate() working here?

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You can not create a User object with a password like that. The password needs to be hashed. Therefore, you should use the .set_password(..) method [Django-doc]:

class UserTestCase(TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        self.testu = User(username="thename", first_name="thefirstname")
        self.testu.set_password("thepassword")
        self.testu.save()

    # …
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