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+# import the User object
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from engine.manifold_api import ManifoldAPI
+
+
+# import time - this is used to create Django's internal username
+import time
+
+# Name my backend 'ManifoldBackend'
+class ManifoldBackend:
+
+ # Create an authentication method
+ # This is called by the standard Django login procedure
+ def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None):
+ if not username or not password:
+ return None
+ print username
+
+ try:
+ auth = {'AuthMethod': 'password', 'Username': username, 'AuthString': password}
+ api = ManifoldAPI(auth)
+ # Authenticate user and get session key
+ session = api.GetSession()
+ if not session :
+ return None
+
+ #self.session = session
+ # Change GetSession() at some point to return expires as well
+ expires = time.time() + (24 * 60 * 60)
+
+ # Change to session authentication
+ api.auth = {'AuthMethod': 'session', 'session': session}
+ #self.api = api
+
+ # Get account details
+ person = api.GetPersons(auth)
+ #self.person = person[0]
+ except:
+ return None
+
+ try:
+ # Check if the user exists in Django's local database
+ user = User.objects.get(email=username)
+ except User.DoesNotExist:
+ # Create a user in Django's local database
+ user = User.objects.create_user(time.time(), username, 'passworddoesntmatter')
+
+ return user
+
+ # Required for your backend to work properly - unchanged in most scenarios
+ def get_user(self, user_id):
+ try:
+ return User.objects.get(pk=user_id)
+ except User.DoesNotExist:
+ return None
+
+