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

Those docs are for generic views, which work slightly differently than custom views. Normally login_required is used to decorate a view; if you want to use it within a urlconf then you'll need to write a lambda to wrap the view.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

you can use decorate_url

http://github.com/vorujack/decorate_url

pip install decorate_url

Answer 4

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'),
    ...