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Decorate class-based views with regular decorators

Author:
jeffheard
Posted:
January 1, 2015
Language:
Python
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Decorating a whole view involves overriding the dispatch method so you can decorate it, even if all you do is a passthrough. This creates a class decorator for decorating CBVs. For example, if you want to make a view require a login:

@decorate_dispatch(login_required)  
class MyCBV(TemplateView):
    ...

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from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator

def decorate_dispatch(decorator):
    def decorate(cls):
        setattr(cls, 'dispatch', method_decorator(decorator)(cls.dispatch))
        return cls
    return decorate

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