Example for enforcing login required globally using Django's internal URL patterns and resolver

global_login_required.py

# haiku/urls.py

urlpattnerns = [
    # all the private ones
]

public_urlpatterns = [
    url(....)
]

urlpattnerns += public_urlpattners


# middleware
from django.conf.urls import url, RegexURLResolver

from haiku.url import public_urlpatterns

PUBLIC_RESOLVER = RegexURLResolver(r'^/', public_urlpatterns)


class LoginMiddleware(object):

    def process_request(self, request):
        if request user.is_authenticated():
            return

        try:
            PUBLIC_RESOLVER.resolve(request.path_info)
        except Resolver404:
            return HttpResponseRedirect(self.login_url())