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Simple FastCGI authorizer view

Author:
cme
Posted:
October 23, 2008
Language:
Python
Version:
1.0
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0 (after 0 ratings)

This is a basic view for a FastCGI authorizer against the Django auth. The idea is to return either a blank response with REMOTE_USER set on success, a forbidden response for failure, or a redirect to a login page when no user is logged in.

I use this view for a Trac instance running on the same (lighttpd) server as Django. lighttpd is set up to use Django as a FastCGI authorizer (using snippet 1149) for the Trac URLs instead of using basic/digest HTTP authentication, so Trac has the same users as Django.

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def auth(request, path):
    from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseForbidden
    from django.utils.html import escape
    if request.user.is_anonymous():
        # If not logged in, redirect to login page
        return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("login") + "?next=/" + escape(path))
    elif request.user.has_perm("some.perm"):
        # If allowed, then return empty "200 OK" response, and
        # set REQUEST_USER.
        result = HttpResponse()
        result['Variable-REMOTE_USER'] = request.user.username
        return result
    else:
        # Otherwise, a user who isn't allowed.
        result = HttpResponseForbidden()
        result.write("Access denied")
        return result

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