evorepo/main/middleware.py

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from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.auth.views import login
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
import re
import threading


user_holder = threading.local()
user_holder.user = None


class AutoUserMiddleware(object):
    '''Saves the current user so it can be retrieved by the admin'''
    def process_request(self, request):
        user_holder.user = request.user


def get_user():
    '''Get the currently logged in request.user'''
    return user_holder.user