How to judge the request.user whether is AnonymousUser?

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How to jundge the request.user is AnonymousUser in Django?

class UserListAPIView(ListAPIView):
    serializer_class = UserSerializer
    permission_classes = []
    queryset = User.objects.all()

    def get(self, request):

        if request.user:
            print("not AnonymousUser" ) # there I tried

        return Response(data="200", status=HTTP_200_OK)

You see, I tried request.user to check the user whether exist, but failed, always print the not AnonymousUser. How to check it?

You can use `request.user.is_anonymous` – itzMEonTV Jan 12 '18 at 09:58 — itzMEonTV, Jan 12 '18 at 09:58

aircraft · Answer 1 · 2018-01-12T09:55:56.020

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You should use the user's is_authenticated method to check a user whether login：

if request.user.is_authenticated():
    # Do something for logged-in users.
else:
    # Do something for anonymous users.

Thanks @Alasdair, after the Django v1.10 version, the is_authenticated is a attribute now. you can easy use request.user.is_authenticated to check it.

edited Jan 12 '18 at 09:55

answered Jan 12 '18 at 09:52

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Note that in Django 1.10+ it's an attribute not a method: `if request.user.is_authenticated:` – Alasdair Jan 12 '18 at 09:53

How to judge the request.user whether is AnonymousUser?

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