How do I write a decorator for my Django/Python view?

Question

Here\'s my view. Basically, it returns different Responses based on whether it\'s logged in or not.

@check_login()
def home(request):
    if is_logged_in(req         


        

Answer 1

Use only @check_login instead of check_login() - otherwise your decorator has to return a decorate as you are doing home = check_login()(home)

Here's an example decorator:

def check_login(method):
    @functools.wraps(method)
    def wrapper(request, *args, **kwargs):
        if request.META['username'] == "blah"
            login(request, user) # where does user come from?!
        return method(request, *args, **kwargs)
    return wrapper

This decorator will call execute your login function if the username field is set to "blah" and then call the original method.