django-cached_authentication_middleware 0.1.0

A drop in replacement for django's built in AuthenticationMiddleware that utilizes caching.

django-cached_authentication_middleware is a drop in replacement for django.contrib.auth’s built in AuthenticationMiddleware. It tries to populate request.user by fetching user data from cache before falling back to the database.

Installation

• Install via pypi:

  pip install django-cached_authentication_middleware

• Configure CACHES in django’s settings.py:

  CACHES = {
      'default': {
          'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.PyLibMCCache',
          'LOCATION': '127.0.0.1:11211',
          'TIMEOUT': 36000,
      }
  }

• Replace django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware with cached_auth.Middleware in settings.py:

  MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
      'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
      #'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware'
      'cached_auth.Middleware',
  )

And you’re done!

Running Tests

To run the test suite:

django-admin.py test cached_auth --settings=cached_auth.tests.settings --pythonpath=.

Changelog

Version 0.1

• Initial release