[Answered ]-Django custom AuthenticationForm fields

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You have

user = login(request, form)

login() requires a request and a user, not a form. You can get the user by calling authenticate before logging the user on. Try somnehting like:

def login_view(request):
    if request.method == "POST":
        print(f"{request.POST=}")
        form = UserLoginForm(request.POST)
        print(f"{form=}")
        if form.is_valid():
            print("  form valid")
            #get cleaned form fields        
            email= form.cleaned_data['email']
            password = form.cleaned_data['password']
            #authenticate the user
            user = authenticate(email=email, password=password)
            login(request, user)
  ...

Another thing I find useful, especially if you are not using default auth forms, is making your ‘account’ app the first one listed in settings.py INSTALLED_APPS so it finds yours before the default ones, eg,

INSTALLED_APPS = [
"account",
"django.contrib.admin",
"django.contrib.auth",
...
👤SamSparx

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