How can i put authentication on class views in django
You can do that in many ways like
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/class-based-views/#decorating-class-based-views
- Either this
urlpatterns = patterns('', (r'^about/', login_required(TemplateView.as_view(template_name="secret.html"))), (r'^vote/', permission_required('polls.can_vote')(VoteView.as_view())), )
- Or this
class ProtectedView(TemplateView): template_name = 'secret.html' @method_decorator(login_required) def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs): return super(ProtectedView, self).dispatch(*args, **kwargs)
For Django 1.9 or greater; Class Based Views (CBVs) can utilize the mixin
from the auth package. Simply import using the below statement -
from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
A mixin is a special kind of multiple inheritance. There are two main situations where mixins are used:
- You want to provide a lot of optional features for a class.
- You want to use one particular feature in a lot of different classes.
Learn more : What is a mixin, and why are they useful?
CBV using login_required decorator
urls.py
from django.conf.urls import url
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
from .views import ListSecretCodes
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^secret/$', login_required(ListSecretCodes.as_view()), name='secret'),
]
views.py
from vanilla import ListView
class ListSecretCodes(LoginRequiredMixin, ListView):
model = SecretCode
CBV using LoginRequiredMixin
urls.py
from django.conf.urls import url
from .views import ListSecretCodes
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^secret/$', ListSecretCodes.as_view(), name='secret'),
]
views.py
from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
from vanilla import ListView
class ListSecretCodes(LoginRequiredMixin, ListView):
model = SecretCode
Note
The above example code uses django-vanilla to easily create Class Based Views (CBVs). The same can be achieved by using Django's inbuilt CBVs with some extra lines of code.