Keep track of when a user has been last seen
Project description
Keep trak of when a user has been last seen on a website. The last seen time is kept on the database
The app is ready for django 1.5, it uses the AUTH_USER_MODEL setting to get the user model,
Installation
Install with pip install django-last-seen" or add "last_seen" directory to your Python path.
Add "last_seen" to the INSTALLED_APPS tuple found in your settings file.
Add ‘last_seen.middleware.LastSeenMiddleWare’ to MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES tuple found in your settings file.
Run manage.py syncdb to create the new tables
Usage
To get when a user has been last seen:
from last_seen.model import LastSeen seen = LastSeen.object.when(user=user)
To save a last seen user without the middleware:
from last_seen.model import LastSeen # save with a special module LastSeen.object.when(user=user, module='forum')
Middleware
The provided middleware keeps track of when an authenticated user has been last seen on the site,
If you want to keep track of a user last seen on a part of a site, you can use a special module name and use:
from last_seen.model import LastSeen # save with a special module LastSeen.object.when(user=user, module='forum')
Then to get the data:
from last_seen.model import LastSeen # user last seen on any part of the site seen = LastSeen.object.when(user=user) # user last seen on a module seen = LastSeen.object.when(user=user, module='forum')
Settings
- LAST_SEEN_DEFAULT_MODULE
The default module used on the middleware. The default value is default.
- LAST_SEEN_INTERVAL
How often is the last seen timestamp updated to the database. The default is 2 hours.
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