How to check if a user is logged in (how to properly use user.is_authenticated)?

Question

I am looking over this website but just can\'t seem to figure out how to do this as it\'s not working. I need to check if the current site user is logged in (authenticated),

Answer 1

In your view:

{% if user.is_authenticated %}
{{ user }}
{% endif %}

In you controller functions add decorator:

from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
@login_required
def privateFunction(request):