> I'm trying to figure out whether I can use Django's built in auth > system for my needs. I need to limit access to certain areas > depending on whether the user is member of particular groups. Not > groups as in whether they area admins, moderators etc, but more in a > social network type sense of the word groups. > > How would I go about adding my own methods, something like: > > request.user.is_member_of(group)
Yes, Django's built-in auth system will do what you describe. An "auth method" isn't, however, what you want. Django does support additional "auth methods" as I discovered just yesterday when I needed to support one-time hash authentication. It sounds like all you need is to create your own decorator like the login_required or user_passes_test functions found in django/contrib/auth/decorators.py Django already has support for groups and per-user permissions on the User object, so the permission_required decorator (also in the above-mentioned file) may already do what you want. Or, you can copy the permission_required decorator and make your own "group_required" decorator in 2-5 lines of code. -tim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
