# import the User object from django.contrib.auth.models import User from engine.manifoldapi 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 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