Looks like you just need a quick: from django.contrib.auth.models import User
towards the top :) On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Larry Martell <larry.mart...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:21 PM, anthony tresontani > <dev.tresont...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We are using a middleware to enforce a user login: > > > > class AutoAuthMiddleware(object): > > """ > > Middleware for testing purpose only. > > Can enforce the user login. > > """ > > > > def process_request(self, request): > > enforce_user = request.GET.get("enforce_user", None) > > if hasattr(request, "user") and not enforce_user: > > return > > > > user = User.objects.filter(username = enforce_user) > > > I'm getting: 'NameError: "global name 'User' is not defined"' on the > above line. This is the same issue I was running into when I was > trying to hard code the initialization of a request.user object. Where > is that defined? > > > > if user: > > backend = get_backends()[0] > > user = user[0] > > user.backend = "%s.%s" % (backend.__module__, > > backend.__class__.__name__) #fake authentication > > login(request, user) > > > > You can add that to your testing environnement MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES. > > > > Then you can just go to any url and add ?enforce_user=<username> > > > > > > > > On 05/09/12 17:56, Larry Martell wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Kurtis Mullins <kurtis.mull...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > > I don't see why not. > > > > I've been trying to do that, but it's still complaining. > > > > Are you running unit tests (testing scripts) or are you > > just using the browser for testing? > > > > I'm trying to do performance measuring. I have a list of all the urls > > accessed over the past few months by a client, along with metrics on > > their execution times. I want to run all those on a new server we've > > set up and collect metrics and compare them. I have a python script > > that uses urllib2 but, I can't run anything without logging in. I've > > tried to login from python, but I get a 403. I also tried using the > > requests module - that doesn't give me the 403, but doesn't log me in > > - it just returns the login page as if the login failed. > > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Larry Martell <larry.mart...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Kurtis Mullins <kurtis.mull...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > > If any of your templates/views depend upon a request.user object, you'll > > run > > into issues because that will not exist without "logging in". I'm not > > sure > > of a good way around this off-hand without knowing more about your site. > > Sorry! > > > > Yes, they do depend on a request.user object. Can I hard code the > > initialization of it? > > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Larry Martell <larry.mart...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > We have a django app that requires the users to login. For some > > testing we want to do, we want to disable this so the app can be run > > without logging in. Is there some way to easily do this? I've tried > > commenting out all the @login_required decorations, but then I was > > getting a 403. I tried commenting out the 'if not > > controller.has_access' lines, but then I was getting 'Report.owner" > > must be a "User" instance.' Before I hack up the code any more, is > > there some way to just globally disable the need to login? > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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