Django global user

gistfile1.py

# middlewares.py
import threading


_thread_locals = threading.local()


def get_current_user():
    """Returns the current user."""
    return getattr(_thread_locals, 'user', None)


class GlobalUserMiddleware(object):
    """Puts the current user in thread_locals."""
    def process_request(self, request):
        _thread_locals.user = getattr(request, 'user', None)


# models.py
from middlewares import get_current_user


MyClass(models.Model):
    created_by = models.ForeignKey(User, null=True, blank=True,
        default=lambda: get_current_user())

Hum ok... I see.

Mozilla uses this trick too, to do the same thing for its commonware logger.

Good luck.