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# Admin Users

An application can test whether the currently signed in user is a registered administrator for the application. An administrator is a user who can access the Administration Console for the application. You can use the Administration Console to manage which users have administrator status.

The function users.is_current_user_admin() returns `True` if the current user is an administrator for the application.

    from google.appengine.api import users

    user = users.get_current_user()

    if user:
        print "Welcome, %s!" % user.nickname()
        if users.is_current_user_admin():
            print "<a href=\"/admin/\">Go to admin area</a>"

Tip: An easy way to restrict access to a part of your application to administrators is to use the `login: admin` configuration element for the URL handler. See Configuring an App.