django-impersonate Django app to allow superusers to impersonate other users
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Django app to allow superusers to impersonate other users django-impersonate is a simple Django app to allow superusers to "impersonate" other non-superuser accounts.It was written for Python 2.4+ and Django 1.2.4 but it should work just fine with Django 1.1+.It depends on your project using the django.contrib.session framework.Installation:PIP:pip install django-impersonateBasic Manual Install: python setup.py build sudo python setup.py installAlternative Install (Manually):Place impersonate directory in your Python path. Either in your Python installs site-packages directory or set your $PYTHONPATH environment variable to include a directory where the webutils directory lives.Usage:1) Add 'impersonate' to your INSTALLED_APPS2) Add 'impersonate.middleware.ImpersonateMiddleware' to your MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES3) Add 'impersonate.urls' somewhere in your url structure. Example:urlpatterns = patterns('', url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)), url(r'^impersonate/', include('impersonate.urls')), ... (all your other urls here) ...)You can now impersonate another user by hitting the following path:/impersonate/< user-id >/Replace < user-id > with the user id of the user you want to impersonate.While in impersonation "mode" the request.user object will have an "_impersonate" attribute set to True. So if you wanted to check in your templates or view, you just do something like...{% if user._impersonate %} .... {% endif %}You can reference this URL with reverse() or the {% url %} template tag as 'impersonate-start'To remove the impersonation, hit the following path:/impersonate/stop/You can reference this URL with reverse() or the {% url %} template tag as 'impersonate-stop' Requirements: · Django · Python

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