Installing Flask-Login

Flask-Login is a lightweight extension that handles logging users in and out of the site. From the project's documentation, Flask-Login will do the following:

• Log users in and out of the site

• Restrict views to the logged-in users

• Manage cookies and the "remember me" functionality

• Help protect user session cookies from being stolen

On the other hand, Flask-Login will not do the following:

• Make any decisions about the storage of user accounts

• Manage usernames, passwords, OpenIDs, or any other form of credentials

• Handle tiered permissions or anything beyond logged in or logged out

• Account registration, activation, or password reminders

The takeaway from these lists is that Flask-Login can best be thought of as a session manager. It simply manages user sessions and lets us know which user is making a request, and whether that user is logged in or not.

Let's get started. Use pip to install Flask-Login:

(blog) $ pip install Flask-Login
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