decorators.md

Overview

Decorator functions can be used within your components.py to help simplify development.

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User Passes Test

You can limit component access to users that pass a test function by using this decorator.

This only works with ReactPy components, and is inspired by Django's user_passes_test decorator.

=== "components.py"

```python
{% include "../../examples/python/user-passes-test.py" %}
```

??? example "See Interface"

<font size="4">**Parameters**</font>

| Name | Type | Description | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `#!python test_func` | `#!python Callable[[AbstractUser], bool]` | A function that accepts a `User` returns a boolean. | N/A |
| `#!python fallback` | `#!python Any | None` | The content to be rendered if the test fails. Typically is a ReactPy component or VDOM (`reactpy.html` snippet). |

<font size="4">**Returns**</font>

| Type | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `#!python ComponentConstructor` | A ReactPy component constructor. |

??? question "How do I render a different component if the test fails?"

You can use a component with the `#!python fallback` argument, as seen below.

=== "components.py"

    ```python
    {% include "../../examples/python/user-passes-test-component-fallback.py" %}
    ```

??? question "How do I render a simple #!python reactpy.html snippet if the test fails?"

You can use a `#!python reactpy.html` snippet with the `#!python fallback` argument, as seen below.

=== "components.py"

    ```python
    {% include "../../examples/python/user-passes-test-vdom-fallback.py" %}
    ```