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I dont know why i receiving this error login() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given , ive just follow this tutorial that after sign-up it will login automatic https://www.csestack.org/django-sign-up-registration-form/

def login(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = SignUpForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            print("test")
            user = form.save()
            user.refresh_from_db()
            user.first_name = form.cleaned_data.get('first_name')
            user.last_name = form.cleaned_data.get('last_name')
            user.contact_number = form.cleaned_data.get('contact_number')
            user.email = form.cleaned_data.get('email')
            user.save()
            insert = Customer(
                user=user,
                first_name=user.first_name,
                last_name=user.last_name,
                contact_number=user.contact_number,
                email=user.email
            insert.save()
            raw_password = form.cleaned_data.get('password1')
            users = authenticate(username=user.username, password=raw_password)
            login(request, users)
            return redirect('Homepage')
    else:
        form = SignUpForm()
    return render(request, 'mysite/login.html', {'form': form})
this is the traceback
Traceback (most recent call last):   File
"C:\Users\clair\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py",
line 55, in inner
response = get_response(request)   File "C:\Users\clair\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py",
line 197, in _get_response
response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)   File "C:\Users\clair\OneDrive\Desktop\Thesis\mysite\myapp\views.py", line
36, in login
login(request, users)
Exception Type: TypeError at /login/ Exception Value: login() takes 1
positional argument but 2 were given
                Does this answer your question? TypeError: login() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given
– Abdul Aziz Barkat
                Jun 18, 2022 at 13:47
A short bit of detail for you to understand what's happening here.
When you've imported Django's login method, then you went ahead and defined your own method also called login, that's what caused the issue here because of the function (your defined login method) is calling itself rather than Django's login method.
from django.contrib.auth import login  # Importing django's login method
# This is your defined method which takes one argument
def login(request):
     # Because having the same name as the Django method imported, it's calling itself instead.
     # Therefore you're getting an error here since it's calling itself and you're passing two arguments.
     login(request, users)
Therefore, as mentioned by the others, just rename your defined login method to allow the program to call the Django login method instead.
        
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