feat: add local access to user and request from anywhere

app/WYGIWYH/settings.py

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
+    "apps.common.middleware.thread_local.ThreadLocalMiddleware",
     "debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
     "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",

app/apps/common/middleware/thread_local.py

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+"""
+    threadlocals middleware
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    make the request object everywhere available (e.g. in model instance).
+
+    based on: http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/CookBookThreadlocalsAndUser
+
+    Put this into your settings:
+    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+            ...
+            'django_tools.middlewares.ThreadLocal.ThreadLocalMiddleware',
+            ...
+        )
+    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+    Usage:
+    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    from django_tools.middlewares import ThreadLocal
+
+    # Get the current request object:
+    request = ThreadLocal.get_current_request()
+
+    # You can get the current user directly with:
+    user = ThreadLocal.get_current_user()
+    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    :copyleft: 2009-2017 by the django-tools team, see AUTHORS for more details.
+    :license: GNU GPL v3 or above, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+try:
+    from threading import local
+except ImportError:
+    from django.utils._threading_local import local
+
+try:
+    from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
+except ImportError:
+    MiddlewareMixin = object  # fallback for Django < 1.10
+
+
+_thread_locals = local()
+
+
+def get_current_request():
+    """returns the request object for this thread"""
+    return getattr(_thread_locals, "request", None)
+
+
+def get_current_user():
+    """returns the current user, if exist, otherwise returns None"""
+    request = get_current_request()
+    if request:
+        return getattr(request, "user", None)
+
+
+class ThreadLocalMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
+    """Simple middleware that adds the request object in thread local storage."""
+
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        _thread_locals.request = request
+
+    def process_response(self, request, response):
+        if hasattr(_thread_locals, "request"):
+            del _thread_locals.request
+        return response
+
+    def process_exception(self, request, exception):
+        if hasattr(_thread_locals, "request"):
+            del _thread_locals.request