Cache sidebar with a simple caching API
We cache the sidebar once for every user, the downside is that once
the user meets new access criteria, their sidebar does not get
updated. This can be fixed by calling soc.cache.sidebar.flush() when
appropriate.
Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier
from mod_python import apache
import os
def authenhandler(req, **kwargs):
"""
Authentication handler that checks against Django's auth database.
"""
# mod_python fakes the environ, and thus doesn't process SetEnv. This fixes
# that so that the following import works
os.environ.update(req.subprocess_env)
# apache 2.2 requires a call to req.get_basic_auth_pw() before
# req.user and friends are available.
req.get_basic_auth_pw()
# check for PythonOptions
_str_to_bool = lambda s: s.lower() in ('1', 'true', 'on', 'yes')
options = req.get_options()
permission_name = options.get('DjangoPermissionName', None)
staff_only = _str_to_bool(options.get('DjangoRequireStaffStatus', "on"))
superuser_only = _str_to_bool(options.get('DjangoRequireSuperuserStatus', "off"))
settings_module = options.get('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', None)
if settings_module:
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = settings_module
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django import db
db.reset_queries()
# check that the username is valid
kwargs = {'username': req.user, 'is_active': True}
if staff_only:
kwargs['is_staff'] = True
if superuser_only:
kwargs['is_superuser'] = True
try:
try:
user = User.objects.get(**kwargs)
except User.DoesNotExist:
return apache.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED
# check the password and any permission given
if user.check_password(req.get_basic_auth_pw()):
if permission_name:
if user.has_perm(permission_name):
return apache.OK
else:
return apache.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED
else:
return apache.OK
else:
return apache.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED
finally:
db.connection.close()