force_str(urlsafe_base64_decode(uidb64)) returns object not value
>>> from django.utils.encoding import force_str
>>> from django.utils.http import urlsafe_base64_decode
>>> uidb64 = 'PHByb3BlcnR5IG9iamVjdCBhdCAweDAwMDAwMjU1M0ZBNTlEQTA-bvlp6u-9b15d1fd6d30b90e81623812e9bc8d74'
>>> result = urlsafe_base64_decode(uidb64)
>>> result
b'<property object at 0x000002553FA59DA0>n\xf9i\xea\xef\xbdo^]\xd5\xf7zw}\x1b\xf7G\xbc\xd7\xad\xb7\xf3]\x9e\xf5\xb7<w\xbe'
>>> force_str(result)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/tim/code/django/django/utils/encoding.py", line 70, in force_str
s = str(s, encoding, errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xf9 in position 40: invalid start byte
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
File "/home/tim/code/django/django/utils/encoding.py", line 74, in force_str
raise DjangoUnicodeDecodeError(s, *e.args)
django.utils.encoding.DjangoUnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xf9 in position 40: invalid start byte. You passed in b'<property object at 0x000002553FA59DA0>n\xf9i\xea\xef\xbdo^]\xd5\xf7zw}\x1b\xf7G\xbc\xd7\xad\xb7\xf3]\x9e\xf5\xb7<w\xbe' (<class 'bytes'>)
Code:
def activate(request, uidb64, token):
try:
uid = force_str(urlsafe_base64_decode(uidb64))
user = CustomUser.objects.get(pk=uid)
except (TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError, CustomUser.DoesNotExist):
user = None
if user is not None and account_activation_token.check_token(user, token):
user.is_active = True
user.save()
login(request, user)
return redirect('account_activation_complete')
else:
return HttpResponseBadRequest('Activation link is invalid!')
Hi Jeff, it's unclear that Django is at fault here. It looks like the
uidb64value isn't correct for what this code is trying to do. See TicketClosingReasons/UseSupportChannels if you need help debugging your issue, and reopen the ticket if you can explain why Django is at fault. Thanks!