from tastypie.authorization import Authorization class LoginRequiredAuthorization(Authorization): """ Equivalent to Django's login_required decorator Be careful with this; it will allow DELETE and everything else. """ def is_authorized(self, request, object=None): # GET is always allowed if request.method == 'GET': return True return request.user.is_authenticated() # Use like this in a ModelResource class MyResource(ModelResource): class Meta: authorization = LoginRequiredAuthorization() allowed_methods = ['get', 'post', ...] # pay attention to what you allow