--- a/custom_search/forms.py	Sun Jan 19 00:19:44 2014 -0600
+++ b/custom_search/forms.py	Sun Jan 19 11:25:45 2014 -0600
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
     Haystack 2.1.0's auto_query() function did not seem to work right so we just
     rolled our own.
 
+    This form can optionally receive the user making the search as a keyword
+    argument ('user') to __init__. This will be used for logging search queries.
+
     """
     q = forms.CharField(required=False, label='All these words',
             widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'type': 'search', 'class': 'search',
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@
                 'size': 48}))
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.user = kwargs.pop('user', None)
         super(CustomModelSearchForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.fields['models'] = forms.MultipleChoiceField(choices=MODEL_CHOICES,
                 label='Search in', widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple)
@@ -65,11 +69,19 @@
         if not self.is_valid():
             return self.no_query_found()
 
-        logger.info('Search executed: /%s/%s/%s/ in %s',
+        if self.user is None:
+            username = 'UNKNOWN'
+        elif self.user.is_authenticated():
+            username = self.user.username
+        else:
+            username = 'ANONYMOUS'
+
+        logger.info('Search executed: /%s/%s/%s/ in %s by %s',
             self.cleaned_data['q'],
             self.cleaned_data['exact'],
             self.cleaned_data['exclude'],
-            self.cleaned_data['models'])
+            self.cleaned_data['models'],
+            username)
 
         sqs = self.searchqueryset
 

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/custom_search/views.py	Sun Jan 19 11:25:45 2014 -0600
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"""Custom views for searching."""
+
+from haystack.views import SearchView
+
+
+class UserSearchView(SearchView):
+    """This class passes the user making the search as an __init__ argument to
+    the search form as the keyword argument 'user'.
+
+    """
+    def build_form(self, form_kwargs=None):
+        """Pass the request.user object to the form's constructor."""
+        if not form_kwargs:
+            form_kwargs = {}
+        if 'user' not in form_kwargs:
+            form_kwargs['user'] = self.request.user
+        return super(UserSearchView, self).build_form(form_kwargs)

--- a/sg101/urls.py	Sun Jan 19 00:19:44 2014 -0600
+++ b/sg101/urls.py	Sun Jan 19 11:25:45 2014 -0600
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from news.feeds import LatestNewsFeed
 from forums.feeds import ForumsFeed
 from custom_search.forms import CustomModelSearchForm
+from custom_search.views import UserSearchView
 from core.views import FixedView
 
 
@@ -93,12 +94,14 @@
 
 urlpatterns += patterns('haystack.views',
     url(r'^search/$',
-        search_view_factory(form_class=CustomModelSearchForm,
+        search_view_factory(view_class=UserSearchView,
+                            form_class=CustomModelSearchForm,
                             searchqueryset=sqs,
                             load_all=True),
         name='haystack_search'),
     url(r'^search/ajax/$',
-        search_view_factory(template='search/search_ajax.html',
+        search_view_factory(view_class=UserSearchView,
+                            template='search/search_ajax.html',
                             form_class=CustomModelSearchForm,
                             searchqueryset=sqs,
                             load_all=True),