django-audit-log-middleware 0.0.5

Simple audit logging for Django requests

This package adds simple audit logging to a Django project.

A log is generated at info level each time a request is made. The log includes the following information:

• A UTC timestamp

• Request method (HTTP verb)

• Full URL

• IP address

• A value from a custom user field (see below)

• The requesting user’s email address

• The requesting user’s first name

• The requesting user’s last name

Installation

pip install django-audit-log-middleware

Usage

Using in a Django middleware configuration:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    "django_audit_log_middleware",
]

MIDDLEWARE = [
    ...
    "django_audit_log_middleware.AuditLogMiddleware",
]

Dependencies

This project is a Django app and depends on the Django package.

This package uses Django IPware https://github.com/un33k/django-ipware for IP address capture.

Settings

AUDIT_LOG_USER_FIELD

Provide to define a field on your user model that should be captured in the audit log. Email, first name and last name are captured by default.

Tests

$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ tox