gistfile1.py

from tastypie.authentication import BasicAuthentication as TastypieBasicAuthentcation
from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser


class BasicAuthentication(TastypieBasicAuthentcation):
    """
    Subclass Basic Authentcation to allow Anonymous users.
    """

    def is_authenticated(self, request, **kwargs):
        print request.user
        if not request.META.get("HTTP_AUTHORIZATION"):
            if request.method == "GET":
                return True
        return super(BasicAuthentication, self).is_authenticated(request, **kwargs)