decorators.py

from . import utils

import functools


def watch_login(status_code=302, msg="", get_username=utils.get_username_from_request):
    """
    Used to decorate the django.contrib.admin.site.login method or
    any other function you want to protect by brute forcing.
    To make it work on normal functions just pass the status code that should
    indicate a failure and/or a string that will be checked within the
    response body.
    """

    def decorated_login(func):
        @functools.wraps(func)
        def wrapper(request, *args, **kwargs):
            # if the request is currently under lockout, do not proceed to the
            # login function, go directly to lockout url, do not pass go,
            # do not collect messages about this login attempt
            if utils.is_already_locked(request):
                return utils.lockout_response(request)

            # call the login function
            response = func(request, *args, **kwargs)

            if request.method == "POST":
                # see if the login was successful
                if status_code == 302:  # standard Django login view
                    login_unsuccessful = (
                        response
                        and not response.has_header("location")
                        and response.status_code != status_code
                    )
                else:
                    # If msg is not passed the last condition will be evaluated
                    # always to True so the first 2 will decide the result.
                    login_unsuccessful = (
                        response
                        and response.status_code == status_code
                        and msg in response.content.decode("utf-8")
                    )

                # ideally make this background task, but to keep simple,
                # keeping it inline for now.
                utils.add_login_attempt_to_db(
                    request, not login_unsuccessful, get_username
                )

                if utils.check_request(request, login_unsuccessful, get_username):
                    return response

                return utils.lockout_response(request)

            return response

        return wrapper

    return decorated_login