gistfile1.txt

class BaseHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
    @tornado.web.asynchronous
    def get_current_user(self):
        user_id = self.get_secure_cookie("user")
        user_cookie = self.get_cookie("lp_login")
        if user_id:
            self.set_secure_cookie("user", user_id)
            return Author.objects.get(id=int(user_id))
            #self.finish() 
        elif user_cookie:
            url = urlparse("http://%s" % self.request.host)
            domain = url.netloc.split(":")[0]
            try:
                 username, hashed_password = urllib.unquote(user_cookie).rsplit(',',1)
            except ValueError:
                # check against malicious clients
                return None
            else:
                url = "http://%s%s%s/%s/" % (domain, "/api/user/username/", username, hashed_password)
                http = tornado.httpclient.AsyncHTTPClient()
                http.fetch(url, callback=self.async_callback(self.on_response))
        else:
            return None
        
    def on_response(self, response):
        answer = tornado.escape.json_decode(response.body)
        username = answer['username']
        if answer["has_valid_credentials"]:
            author = Author.objects.get(email=answer["email"])
            user_id = str(author.id)
            print user_id # It returns needed id
            self.set_secure_cookie("user", user_id) # but session can's setup