Django snippets

try:
    from threading import local
except ImportError:
    from django.utils._threading_local import local

_thread_locals = local()


def get_request():
    return getattr(_thread_locals, 'request', None)

class RequestMiddleware(object):
    """Saves the request in thread local"""
    def process_request(self, request):
        _thread_locals.request = request