# NOTE: We do type check so we also support newer versions of Django when

# is_authenticated and some other methods have been properties

if isinstance(request.user.is_authenticated, (types.FunctionType,

types.MethodType)):

return request.user.is_authenticated()

elif isinstance(request.user.is_authenticated, bool):

return request.user.is_authenticated

else:

logger.info('Got unexpected type for request.user.is_authenticated '

'variable')

def _helper(func):

@wraps(func)

def _decorator(request, *args, **kwargs):

allowed = False

logger.info('request is secure? {}'.format(request.is_secure()))

if settings.ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_POST:

logger.debug('allowing anonymous post')

allowed = True

elif hasattr(request, 'user') and is_authenticated(request=request):

allowed = True

elif 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' in request.META:

logger.debug('checking for http authorization header')

if settings.REQUIRE_SECURE_AUTH and not request.is_secure():

return insecure_connection_response()

http_auth = request.META['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']

authmeth, auth = http_auth.split(' ', 1)

if authmeth.lower() == 'basic':

username, password = decode_basic_auth(auth)

user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)

if user is not None and user.is_active:

logger.info(

'Authentication succeeded for {}'.format(username))

login(request, user)

allowed = True

else:

logger.info(

'Failed auth for {}'.format(username))

return HttpResponseForbidden()

if allowed:

return func(request, *args, **kwargs)

if settings.REQUIRE_SECURE_AUTH and not request.is_secure():

logger.debug('not requesting auth over an insecure channel')

return insecure_connection_response()

else:

res = HttpResponse()

res.status_code = 401

res.reason_phrase = 'Unauthorized'

res['WWW-Authenticate'] = 'Basic realm="{}"'.format(realm)

return res

return _decorator