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

To use decorators in urls.py you need use real functions instead of their names:

from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
import django.views.generic.date_based as views

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^$', login_required(views.archive_index), link_info_dict,
            'coltrane_link_archive_index'),
    ...