'AnonymousUser' object has no attribute 'is_admin'

Question

I am using Django 2.2 and Python 3.6.

I deployed a Django REST server using AWS EB, but I get the following error.

It works fine on the local side, but an error oc

Answer 1

The first problem is that AnonymousUser does not have an is_admin property in django. You can maybe check is_superuser or check if your user is authenticated before calling is_admin on it. See How to check if a user is logged in (how to properly use user.is_authenticated)? for that.

About the difference between local and distant, I would guess that you're logged in on your local app but not on your distant app. This is why AnonymousUser gets returned by request.user on your distant app.

Answer 2

The problem I encountered was the same as the cause in this question.

This is also a known issue on the AWS forums.

You can fix it in the following way:

# .ebextensions/wsgihacks.config

files:
  "/etc/httpd/conf.d/wsgihacks.conf":
    mode: "000644"
    owner: root
    group: root
    content: |
      WSGIPassAuthorization on

Original thread: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/message.jspa?messageID=376244