def login():
    """Log in a registered user by adding the user id to the session."""
    if request.method == "POST":
        username = request.form["username"]
        password = request.form["password"]
        db = get_db()
        error = None
        user = db.execute(
            "SELECT * FROM user WHERE username = ?", (username,)
        ).fetchone()

        if user is None:
            error = "Incorrect username."
        elif not check_password_hash(user["password"], password):
            error = "Incorrect password."

        if error is None:
            # store the user id in a new session and return to the index
            session.clear()
            session["user_id"] = user["id"]
            return redirect(url_for("index"))

        flash(error)

    return render_template("auth/login.html")
Log in a registered user by adding the user id to the session.
examples/tutorial/flaskr/auth.py