Make the sidebar dynamic depending on the user's rights
This is done by doing the usual access checks that are also called
when the user actually visits the page.
import time
from django.conf import settings
from django.utils.cache import patch_vary_headers
from django.utils.http import cookie_date
class SessionMiddleware(object):
def process_request(self, request):
engine = __import__(settings.SESSION_ENGINE, {}, {}, [''])
session_key = request.COOKIES.get(settings.SESSION_COOKIE_NAME, None)
request.session = engine.SessionStore(session_key)
def process_response(self, request, response):
"""
If request.session was modified, or if the configuration is to save the
session every time, save the changes and set a session cookie.
"""
try:
accessed = request.session.accessed
modified = request.session.modified
except AttributeError:
pass
else:
if accessed:
patch_vary_headers(response, ('Cookie',))
if modified or settings.SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST:
if request.session.get_expire_at_browser_close():
max_age = None
expires = None
else:
max_age = request.session.get_expiry_age()
expires_time = time.time() + max_age
expires = cookie_date(expires_time)
# Save the session data and refresh the client cookie.
request.session.save()
response.set_cookie(settings.SESSION_COOKIE_NAME,
request.session.session_key, max_age=max_age,
expires=expires, domain=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN,
path=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_PATH,
secure=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE or None)
return response