django-mxit 0.0.1

Middleware for writing Mxit apps with Django.

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    ...
    'mxit.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware',
    ...
)


AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
    ...
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend',
    ...
)

Hit it with the correct headers and you’ll be authenticated immediately:

$ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:8000/' \
    -H 'X-Device-User-Agent: user-agent' \
    -H 'X-Mxit-CONTACT: contact' \
    -H 'X-Mxit-USERID-R: userid-r' \
    -H 'X-Mxit-NICK: nick' \
    -H 'X-Mxit-LOCATION: za,south africa,,,ct,cape town,,,,' \
    -H 'X-Mxit-PROFILE: en,za,01-01-2013,,,' \
    -H 'X-Mxit-USER-INPUT: <b>foo</b>' \

{
  "username": "userid-r",
  "mxit": {
    "MXIT_NICK": "nick",
    "MXIT_PROFILE": {
      "gender": "",
      "date_of_birth": "01-01-2013",
      "tariff_plan": "",
      "country_code": "za",
      "language_code": "en"
    },
    "DEVICE_USER_AGENT": "user-agent",
    "MXIT_CONTACT": "contact",
    "MXIT_LOCATION": {
      "city": "cape town",
      "cell_id": "",
      "network_operator_id": "",
      "subdivision_code": "",
      "client_features_bitset": "",
      "country_code": "za",
      "subdivision_name": "",
      "country_name": "south africa",
      "city_code": "ct"
    },
    "MXIT_USER_INPUT": "<b>foo</b>",
    "MXIT_USERID_R": "userid-r"
  }
}