Question

IN the Django docs they say this https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/default/#user-objects

from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required

@login_required(login_url='/accounts/login/')
def my_view(request):

But how can i use login_required on class based view

@login_required
classMyCreateView(CreateView):

This gives error

'function' object has no attribute 'as_view'

Answer 1

You can do that in many ways like

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/class-based-views/#decorating-class-based-views

1. 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())),
    )

2. 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)