app/views/utils.py
from app.models import User
from django.http import SimpleCookie
def current_user(request):
return User.authenticate_by_token(request.COOKIES['auth_token'])
def simulate_simple_authentication(factory, client, email, password, path, add_messages_middleware, views):
auth_request = factory.post('/sessions/')
add_messages_middleware(auth_request)
auth_response = views.sessions_index(auth_request,
email=email,
password=password,
path=path)
# Add auth token cookie to request
auth_token = auth_response.cookies['auth_token'].value
client.cookies = SimpleCookie({'auth_token': auth_token})