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Django authentication middleware to automatically authenticate the users
from django.contrib import auth
from django.contrib.auth.middleware import MiddlewareMixin
from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden
class AutomaticUserLoginMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
def process_view(self, request, view_func, view_args, view_kwargs):
if not AutomaticUserLoginMiddleware._is_user_authenticated(request):
user = auth.authenticate(request)
if user is None:
return HttpResponseForbidden()
request.user = user
auth.login(request, user)
@staticmethod
def _is_user_authenticated(request):
user = request.user
return user and user.is_authenticated
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