How do I use the The login_required decorator in my URL?

Question

I want to check that the user is authorized for certain URLs. I\'m using generic views.

The docs here say the login_required can be passed as an optional arguments but I

Answer 1

In Django 1.11+, at least, you can do it directly as you want. For example:

# urls.py

from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required

urlpatterns = [
    # Home path
    path('', login_required(TemplateView.as_view(template_name='core/home.html')), name='home'),
    # Another paths
    # ...
]

In this case, each time you try to enter the homepage, you must be logged in, otherwise you will go to the login screen and then return to your homepage.