from django.contrib.auth import LOGIN_URL, REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect from urllib import quote def user_passes_test(test_func, login_url=LOGIN_URL): """ Decorator for views that checks that the user passes the given test, redirecting to the log-in page if necessary. The test should be a callable that takes the user object and returns True if the user passes. """ def _dec(view_func): def _checklogin(request, *args, **kwargs): if test_func(request.user): return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs) return HttpResponseRedirect('%s?%s=%s' % (login_url, REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME, quote(request.get_full_path()))) _checklogin.__doc__ = view_func.__doc__ _checklogin.__dict__ = view_func.__dict__ return _checklogin return _dec login_required = user_passes_test(lambda u: u.is_authenticated()) login_required.__doc__ = ( """ Decorator for views that checks that the user is logged in, redirecting to the log-in page if necessary. """ )