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Created October 26, 2010 05:16
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Middleware to add user info to the current django request
class ExceptionUserInfoMiddleware(object):
"""
Adds user details to request context on receiving an exception, so that they show up in the error emails.
Add to settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES and keep it outermost(i.e. on top if possible). This allows
it to catch exceptions in other middlewares as well.
"""
def process_exception(self, request, exception):
"""
Process the exception.
:Parameters:
- `request`: request that caused the exception
- `exception`: actual exception being raised
"""
try:
if request.user.is_authenticated():
request.META['USERNAME'] = str(request.user.username)
request.META['USER_EMAIL'] = str(request.user.email)
except:
pass
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