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An application can test whether the currently signed-in user is a registered administrator for
the application. An administrator is a user who has the Viewer, Editor, or Owner basic
role, or the App Engine App Admin predefined role.
The functionusers.is_current_user_adminreturnsTrueif the current user is an administrator for the application.
classAdminPage(webapp2.RequestHandler):defget(self):user=users.get_current_user()ifuser:ifusers.is_current_user_admin():self.response.write('You are an administrator.')else:self.response.write('You are not an administrator.')else:self.response.write('You are not logged in.')
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