from django.contrib import auth from django import db from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes def check_password(environ, username, password): """ Authenticates against Django's auth database mod_wsgi docs specify None, True, False as return value depending on whether the user exists and authenticates. """ UserModel = auth.get_user_model() # db connection state is managed similarly to the wsgi handler # as mod_wsgi may call these functions outside of a request/response cycle db.reset_queries() try: try: user = UserModel._default_manager.get_by_natural_key(username) except UserModel.DoesNotExist: return None if not user.is_active: return None return user.check_password(password) finally: db.close_old_connections() def groups_for_user(environ, username): """ Authorizes a user based on groups """ UserModel = auth.get_user_model() db.reset_queries() try: try: user = UserModel._default_manager.get_by_natural_key(username) except UserModel.DoesNotExist: return [] if not user.is_active: return [] return [force_bytes(group.name) for group in user.groups.all()] finally: db.close_old_connections()