Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of CookBookIPAccessMiddleware

Timestamp:

Dec 21, 2006, 5:58:54 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Manuel Saelices <msaelices@…>

Comment:

ip access control in middleware

CookBookIPAccessMiddleware

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+= IP Access Middleware =
+
+== The idea ==
+
+Control IP access in your web app. The idea provided in this cookbook let you define specific ip addresses, and controlling accessing from those ips. If an user access from a certain IP, automatically authenticates with a defined user.
+
+== IPAccess Model ==
+
+You must define a model that permits defining a tuple (ip addr, user): ip from browser that connect, and users that authenticated.
+
+This is the model proposed (it would be in a file like ''myapp.models.py''):
+
+{{{
+
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+class IPAccess(models.Model):
+    ip = models.IPAddressField(unique=True, db_index=True)
+    user = models.ForeignKey(User, verbose_name='user that authenticates')
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.ip
+
+    class Meta:
+        verbose_name = _('IP Access')
+        verbose_name_plural = _('IP Accesses')
+
+    class Admin:
+        list_display = ('ip', 'user')
+
+}}} 
+
+
+== IPAccess Middleware ==
+
+The middleware mission is authenticate automatically with an user defined in models, '''if''' the remote ip address exists in IPAccess table. 
+
+This is the code (in file ''myapp.middleware.py''):
+
+{{{
+
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
+from myapp.models import IPAccess
+
+class IPAccessMiddleware(object):
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        if request.user == AnonymousUser():
+            remoteip = request.META['REMOTE_ADDR']
+            try:
+                ipaccess = IPAccess.objects.get(ip=remoteip)
+                request.user = ipaccess.user
+            except IPAccess.DoesNotExist:
+                pass
+        return None
+
+}}}
+
+== Settings ==
+
+The middleware installation requires you insert ''IPAccessMiddleware'' into ''MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES''. Obviusly, it also requires the installation of ''AutenticationMiddleware''.
+
+The code would be like that:
+
+{{{
+
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware',
+    'aceprensa.apps.news.middleware.IPAccessMiddleware',
+)
+
+}}}