Is there any posts related to the permission system? I didn't looked
into that part yet, but seems interesting. Of course groups also seems
to solve the problem as well.
However I also saw @user_passes_test in the doc. What is the
difference or use cases from @user_passes_test and
@permission_required?
On Oct 23, 7:54 am, felix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> perhaps when you create-save the models (Providers, Customers etc.) it adds
> that User to the appropriate group.
>
> but I'm not sure I would use groups. That would make the most sense if
> there were people with overlapping roles. somebody who is Agent + Provider
>
> you could use the permissions system. again, also saving it to the User at
> the time you create the Agent, Provider etc.
>
> I have a form that creates a Person and optionally creates a User account at
> the same time linked to it. you can also create a User (an account) later
> for some person who is in the contact database. so I do that action in the
> Form. its the form's responsibility (it represents/encapsulates the action
> that the admin is taking)
>
> I guess what you are asking is : how can you check on the template or in the
> views what type of person the user is and show them certain things.
>
> you can make use of the template tags that check for perms.
>
> and some views are only accessible for certain types of peoples. for that,
> using perms is good.
>
> @permission_required("app.provider.can_view")
> def view_func(request):
>
> also this way you can give the staff or Agents perms that the plebs also
> have.
>
> you could also set a cookie/session var on login for is_a
> that would be less db hits
>
> -f;lix
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:39 PM, itsnotvalid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am going to help some people making a website that has a few admins,
> > a crowd of service providers (individuals) and customers. There could
> > be agents who invites people to become service providers or customers
> > as well.
>
> > Looking at the user system provided by django, and as a new programmer
> > to django, I am not sure how can I separate different kinds of user
> > here. I actually want to make it look like that different people login
> > in different location, and do not share the same view after they
> > logged in.
>
> > So I am thinking a model schema like this:
>
> > Users (as usual)
>
> > Providers(link to a specific user, one-to-one)
>
> > Customers(link to a specific user, many-to-one, as one user may find
> > services for more that one actual person)
>
> > Agents(link to a specific user, one-to-one)
>
> > But how effectively can I separate their views? By defining different
> > apps? Any other suggestions?
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