auth.views.logout()

logout(request, next_page=None, template_name='registration/logged_out.html', redirect_field_name='next', current_app=None, extra_context=None)

Logs a user out.

URL name: logout

Optional arguments:

• next_page: The URL to redirect to after logout. Defaults to settings.LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL if not supplied.
• template_name: The full name of a template to display after logging the user out. Defaults to registration/logged_out.html if no argument is supplied.
• redirect_field_name: The name of a GET field containing the URL to redirect to after log out. Defaults to next. Overrides the next_page URL if the given GET parameter is passed.
• current_app: A hint indicating which application contains the current view. See the namespaced URL resolution strategy for more information.
• extra_context: A dictionary of context data that will be added to the default context data passed to the template.

Template context:

• title: The string “Logged out”, localized.
• site: The current Site, according to the SITE_ID setting. If you don’t have the site framework installed, this will be set to an instance of RequestSite, which derives the site name and domain from the current HttpRequest.
• site_name: An alias for site.name. If you don’t have the site framework installed, this will be set to the value of request.META['SERVER_NAME']. For more on sites, see The “sites” framework.
• current_app: A hint indicating which application contains the current view. See the namespaced URL resolution strategy for more information.
• extra_context: A dictionary of context data that will be added to the default context data passed to the template.