template filter to check login status 

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from django import template                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                             
register = template.Library()                                                                                                
                                                                                                                             
@register.filter                                                                                                             
def check_login(request):                                                                                                    
    if request.user.is_authenticated():                                                                                      
        return True                                                                                                          
    else:                                                                                                                    
        return False

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Comments

azumafuji (on May 11, 2011):

Can't you just do something like this:

{% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
display something
{% endif %}

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tamizhgeek (on May 11, 2011):

Hi azumafuji,

I didn't know that methods can be called from templates. Thanks for pointing out.

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