Add endpoint for UserAuthenticationStatus

rest_auth/urls.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from django.conf.urls import url
 
 from rest_auth.views import (
     LoginView, LogoutView, UserDetailsView, PasswordChangeView,
-    PasswordResetView, PasswordResetConfirmView
+    PasswordResetView, PasswordResetConfirmView, UserAuthenticationStatusView
 )
 
 urlpatterns = [
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
     # URLs that require a user to be logged in with a valid session / token.
     url(r'^logout/$', LogoutView.as_view(), name='rest_logout'),
     url(r'^user/$', UserDetailsView.as_view(), name='rest_user_details'),
+    url(r'^user/status/$', UserAuthenticationStatusView.as_view(), 
+        name='rest_auth_status'),
     url(r'^password/change/$', PasswordChangeView.as_view(),
         name='rest_password_change'),
 ]

rest_auth/views.py

@@ -153,6 +153,26 @@ class UserDetailsView(RetrieveUpdateAPIView):
         return get_user_model().objects.none()
 
 
+class UserAuthenticationStatusView(APIView):
+    """
+    Checks is_authenticated attribute for User attached to request.
+    Accepts GET method.
+
+    Returns True/False indicator for if user is authenticated.
+    """
+    authentication_classes = ()
+    permission_classes = ()
+
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        if hasattr(request, "user") and request.user.is_authenticated:
+            return Response(
+                {"authenticated": True}, status=status.HTTP_200_OK
+            )
+
+        return Response(
+            {"authenticated": False}, status=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
+        )
+
 class PasswordResetView(GenericAPIView):
     """
     Calls Django Auth PasswordResetForm save method.