Django snippets

from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, permission_required, user_passes_test

def any_permission_required(*args):
    """
    A decorator which checks user has any of the given permissions.
    permission required can not be used in its place as that takes only a
    single permission.
    """
    def test_func(user):
        for perm in args:
            if user.has_perm(perm):
                return True
        return False
    return user_passes_test(test_func)
        
#permission_required for comparisions
def permission_required(perm, login_url=None):
    """
    Decorator for views that checks whether a user has a particular permission
    enabled, redirecting to the log-in page if necessary.
    """
    return user_passes_test(lambda u: u.has_perm(perm), login_url=login_url)