django-rest-framework : setting per user permissio

Question

I have REST api created using DRF 3.0.1. If I use the permission class rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated, any authenticated user can perform GET, POST, etc. actions for any user as long he has a valid token.

I want to set per user permissions in that an admin user can see and update all users' data but any non-admin user should only be able to see and update only his data.

From the examples I have seen so far, it seems like rest_framework.permissions.DjangoObjectPermissions is the class I need to use. However, the examples use Class Based Views.

I have used Function Based Views in my code. Is it possible to implement this using function based views? Doing queryset = <Model>.objects.non() as suggested in DRF doc doesn't help. It complains Cannot apply DjangoModelPermissions on a view that does not have .model or .queryset property.

Is there a way I can do this without moving from FBVs to CBVs?

Answer 1

Are you using api_view decorator of DRF?

if so, you might find rest_framework.decorators.permission_classes useful.

@permission_classes([SomePermission])