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Some small improvements and fixes to docs/authentication.txt, which still isn't finished 

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Adrian Holovaty 2005-10-22 00:18:39 +00:00
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@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ Fields
Set this to ``False`` instead of deleting accounts.
* ``is_superuser`` -- Boolean. Designates whether this user has permission
to do anything (according to the permission system).
* ``last_login`` -- A datetime of the user's last login. Is set to "now" by
default.
* ``last_login`` -- A datetime of the user's last login. Is set to the
current date/time by default.
* ``date_joined`` -- A datetime designating when the account was created.
Is set to "now" by default when the account is created.
Is set to the current date/time by default when the account is created.
Methods
~~~~~~~
@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ methods:
Module functions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ``django.models.users`` module has the following helper functions:
The ``django.models.auth.users`` module has the following helper functions:
* ``create_user(username, email, password)`` -- Creates, saves and returns
a ``User``. The ``username``, ``email`` and ``password`` are set as
@ -208,12 +208,13 @@ The simple, raw way to limit access to pages is to check
``request.user.is_anonymous()`` and either redirect to a login page::
from django.utils.httpwrappers import HttpResponseRedirect
def my_view(request):
if request.user.is_anonymous():
return HttpResponseRedirect('/login/?next=%s' % request.path)
# ...
...or displaying an error message::
...or display an error message::
def my_view(request):
if request.user.is_anonymous():
@ -226,13 +227,15 @@ The login_required decorator
As a shortcut, you can use the convenient ``login_required`` decorator::
from django.views.decorators.auth import login_required
def my_view(request):
# ...
my_view = login_required(my_view)
Here's the same, using Python 2.4's decorator syntax::
Here's the same thing, using Python 2.4's decorator syntax::
from django.views.decorators.auth import login_required
@login_required
def my_view(request):
# ...
@ -263,12 +266,15 @@ permission ``polls.can_vote``::
As a shortcut, you can use the convenient ``user_passes_test`` decorator::
from django.views.decorators.auth import user_passes_test
@user_passes_test(lambda u: u.has_perm('polls.can_vote'))
def my_view(request):
# ...
``user_passes_test`` takes a required argument: a callable that takes a
``User`` object and returns ``True`` if the user is allowed to view the page.
Note that ``user_passes_test`` does not automatically check that the ``User``
is not anonymous.