@login_required decorator is not working (Django)

Question

I am trying to build a social media like thing and have created the login and signup feature. For home page I have added login_required decorator and even added LOGIN_URL in settings.py but still I am able to access the home page without login ie login_required decorator is not doing its job. Here is my view function code

@login_required
def home(request):
return render(request, 'home/home.html')

Here is my code in settings.py

LOGIN_URL = '/login'

content of urls.py(account app)

urlpatterns = [
path('login/', views.login_view, name="login"),
path('create/', views.create_view, name="create",),
]

content of urls.py(home app)

urlpatterns = [
path('', views.welcome, name="welcome"),
path('home/', views.home, name="home"),
]

Can anyone find out what might be the problem?

Answer 1

1. Make sure you have imported it: from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required

2. Try to add: LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL

3. Try: @login_required(login_url='login')

Answer 2

The problem was that I had still not created logout function. So the account was logged in and that's why login required was not working. It's simple.