Django Ninja API Endpoint with Dual Authentication

[geacomputing]

Hi.

I'm using Ninja to create an API endpoint in my Django project that needs to serve both GUI-based requests from my HTML template and programmatic requests (e.g., from Python). I want to achieve parity by using the same endpoint for both internal Django users and external users.

Here's my current setup:

apiR = NinjaAPI(csrf=True, auth=django_auth )
And my endpoint:

@apiR.post('/blackops/listModelFiles')
@login_required     #<--------!
def fileList(request): 
    baseFolder = settings.STATICFILES_DIRS[0]
    json_file_path = someFille.json
    with open(json_file_path, 'r') as file:
        json_data = json.load(file)

    return json_data

My goal is to have this endpoint behave differently depending on the request source:

When accessed from within Django (after authenticating via Django), no extra credentials should be required (hence the @login_required decorator).
When accessed programmatically (e.g., from Python), the same endpoint should require explicit authentication (e.g., username and password).
How can I achieve this dual authentication behavior with Ninja and Django?

Thanks!