app/django/contrib/auth/__init__.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:50:56 +0000
changeset 590 37735d97b541
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Created a seperate module for editSelf things This improves the coherency in the user module, while at the same time making it easier to set proper access control for the editSelf related pages. Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

import datetime
from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured

SESSION_KEY = '_auth_user_id'
BACKEND_SESSION_KEY = '_auth_user_backend'
REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME = 'next'

def load_backend(path):
    i = path.rfind('.')
    module, attr = path[:i], path[i+1:]
    try:
        mod = __import__(module, {}, {}, [attr])
    except ImportError, e:
        raise ImproperlyConfigured, 'Error importing authentication backend %s: "%s"' % (module, e)
    except ValueError, e:
        raise ImproperlyConfigured, 'Error importing authentication backends. Is AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS a correctly defined list or tuple?'
    try:
        cls = getattr(mod, attr)
    except AttributeError:
        raise ImproperlyConfigured, 'Module "%s" does not define a "%s" authentication backend' % (module, attr)
    return cls()

def get_backends():
    from django.conf import settings
    backends = []
    for backend_path in settings.AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS:
        backends.append(load_backend(backend_path))
    return backends

def authenticate(**credentials):
    """
    If the given credentials are valid, return a User object.
    """
    for backend in get_backends():
        try:
            user = backend.authenticate(**credentials)
        except TypeError:
            # This backend doesn't accept these credentials as arguments. Try the next one.
            continue
        if user is None:
            continue
        # Annotate the user object with the path of the backend.
        user.backend = "%s.%s" % (backend.__module__, backend.__class__.__name__)
        return user

def login(request, user):
    """
    Persist a user id and a backend in the request. This way a user doesn't
    have to reauthenticate on every request.
    """
    if user is None:
        user = request.user
    # TODO: It would be nice to support different login methods, like signed cookies.
    user.last_login = datetime.datetime.now()
    user.save()

    if SESSION_KEY in request.session:
        if request.session[SESSION_KEY] != user.id:
            # To avoid reusing another user's session, create a new, empty
            # session if the existing session corresponds to a different
            # authenticated user.
            request.session.flush()
    else:
        request.session.cycle_key()
    request.session[SESSION_KEY] = user.id
    request.session[BACKEND_SESSION_KEY] = user.backend
    if hasattr(request, 'user'):
        request.user = user

def logout(request):
    """
    Removes the authenticated user's ID from the request and flushes their
    session data.
    """
    request.session.flush()
    if hasattr(request, 'user'):
        from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
        request.user = AnonymousUser()

def get_user(request):
    from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
    try:
        user_id = request.session[SESSION_KEY]
        backend_path = request.session[BACKEND_SESSION_KEY]
        backend = load_backend(backend_path)
        user = backend.get_user(user_id) or AnonymousUser()
    except KeyError:
        user = AnonymousUser()
    return user