def process_request(self, request):
# the assumption here is that we will never have an ExtUser for AnonymousUser
_thread_locals.user = getattr(request, 'user', None)
if request.user and not request.user.is_anonymous():
self._set_extuser(request, request.user)
else:
request.extuser = None
# attempt our custom authentication only if regular auth fails
# (and request.user == anonymousUser
username, password = get_username_password(request)
if username and password:
user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
if user is not None:
request.user = user
self._set_extuser(request, user)
# do the same for start and end dates. at some point our views
# can just start accessing these properties on the request assuming
# our middleware is running
try:
startdate, enddate = utils.get_dates(request)
request.startdate = startdate
request.enddate = enddate
except Exception:
request.startdate = None
request.enddate = None
return None
def is_authenticated(self, request):
username, password = get_username_password(request)
if username and password:
return self.authfunc(username=username, password=password)
return False