django-sessionprofile 3.0.0

Keep track of Django user sessions

Keep track of Django user sessions.

django-sessionprofile is a library to track which user a django session belongs to. Possible useful scenario’s for this information include:

• Single-Sign-On (SSO) between different applications that can read Django’s session cookie (same-origin setup)

• Single Logout (SLO) initiated in another application, triggering logout in yours

• Audit trail and security - allowing you to manage user sessions on other devices.

Usage and installation

Cheat sheet

1. pip install django-sessionprofile

2. Add "sessionprofile" to your INSTALLED_APPS

3. Add "sessionprofile.middleware.SessionProfileMiddleware" to the MIDDLEWARE setting, before Django’s SessionMiddleware

4. python manage.py migrate

Full instructions

See the documentation for more information, with more code-examples and context.

Credits

Many thanks go to Resolver Systems Ltd (now part of PythonAnywhere) who made the initial version of this library, specifically aimed at phpBB3.