view wiki/middleware.py @ 917:0365fdbb4d78

Fix app conflict with messages. Django's messages app label conflicts with our messages app. We can't easily rename our label as that will make us rename database tables. Since our app came first we'll just customize Django messages label. For Django 1.7.7 upgrade.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Mon, 06 Apr 2015 20:02:25 -0500
parents 47521d9e94bd
children ba3230aba90c
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"""Middleware for wiki integration.

"""
import datetime
import hashlib
import logging
import random
import string
import time

from django.conf import settings
import redis

from core.services import get_redis_connection
from wiki.constants import SESSION_SET_MEMBER


logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


def cookie_value(user, now):
    """Creates the value for the external wiki cookie."""

    # The key part of the cookie is just a string that would make things
    # difficult for a spoofer; something that can't be easily made up:

    h = hashlib.sha256()
    h.update(user.username.encode('utf-8'))
    h.update(user.email.encode('utf-8'))
    h.update(now.isoformat())
    h.update(''.join(random.sample(string.printable, 64)))
    h.update(settings.SECRET_KEY)
    key = h.hexdigest()

    parts = (user.username, user.email, key)
    return '#'.join(parts)


def create_wiki_session(request, response):
    """Sets up the session for the external wiki application.

    Creates the external cookie for the Wiki.
    Updates the Redis set so the Wiki can verify the cookie.

    """
    now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
    value = cookie_value(request.user, now)
    response.set_cookie(settings.WIKI_COOKIE_NAME,
            value=value,
            max_age=settings.WIKI_COOKIE_AGE,
            domain=settings.WIKI_COOKIE_DOMAIN)

    # Update a sorted set in Redis with a hash of our cookie and a score
    # of the current time as a timestamp. This allows us to delete old
    # entries by score periodically. To verify the cookie, the external wiki
    # application computes a hash of the cookie value and checks to see if
    # it is in our Redis set.

    h = hashlib.sha256()
    h.update(value)
    name = h.hexdigest()
    score = time.mktime(now.utctimetuple())
    conn = get_redis_connection()

    try:
        conn.zadd(settings.WIKI_REDIS_SET, score, name)
    except redis.RedisError:
        logger.error("Error adding wiki cookie key")

    # Store the set member name in the session so we can delete it when the
    # user logs out:
    request.session[SESSION_SET_MEMBER] = name


def destroy_wiki_session(set_member, response):
    """Destroys the session for the external wiki application.

    Delete the external cookie.
    Deletes the member from the Redis set as this entry is no longer valid.

    """
    response.delete_cookie(settings.WIKI_COOKIE_NAME,
                           domain=settings.WIKI_COOKIE_DOMAIN)

    if set_member:
        conn = get_redis_connection()
        try:
            conn.zrem(settings.WIKI_REDIS_SET, set_member)
        except redis.RedisError:
            logger.error("Error deleting wiki cookie set member")


class WikiMiddleware(object):
    """
    Check for flags on the request object to determine when to set or delete an
    external cookie for the wiki application. When creating a cookie, also
    set an entry in Redis that the wiki application can validate to prevent
    spoofing.

    """

    def process_response(self, request, response):

        if hasattr(request, 'wiki_set_cookie'):
            create_wiki_session(request, response)
        elif hasattr(request, 'wiki_delete_cookie'):
            destroy_wiki_session(request.wiki_delete_cookie, response)

        return response