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Created May 10, 2011 13:33
django request factory login
from django.conf import settings
from django.utils.importlib import import_module
from django.contrib.auth import SESSION_KEY, BACKEND_SESSION_KEY
def request_factory_login(factory, user, backend='django.contrib.backends.ModelBackend'):
engine = import_module(settings.SESSION_ENGINE)
factory.session = engine.SessionStore()
request.session[SESSION_KEY] = user.id
request.session[BACKEND_SESSION_KEY] = backend
factory.session.save()