Auto-login middleware

gistfile1.txt

from urlparse import urlparse

from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model


User = get_user_model()
CONVERSION_SERVER_HOST = urlparse(settings.CONVERSION_SERVER).hostname

try:
    internal_user = User.objects.get(username='__internal__')
except User.DoesNotExist:
    internal_user = User(username='__internal__', password='__nologin__')
    internal_user.is_active = False
    internal_user.save()


class AutoLoginMiddleware(object):
    def process_request(self, request):
        user = getattr(request, 'user', None)
        if user and user.is_anonymous():
            remoteip = request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR')
            remotehost = request.META.get('REMOTE_HOST')
            if CONVERSION_SERVER_HOST in (remoteip, remotehost):
                request.user = internal_user
        return None