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Created December 18, 2009 20:01
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Django middleware for extending session expiration on access
class InactivityLogout(object):
def process_request( self, request ):
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from django.conf import settings
COOKIE_AGE = getattr(settings, 'SESSION_COOKIE_AGE', 7200)
if datetime.now() – request.session.get_expiry_date() < timedelta(seconds = COOKIE_AGE):
request.session.set_expiry(datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds = COOKIE_AGE))
return None # pass through
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