Django: get last user visit date

Question

In Django, we can get the time user last logged in by using Auth.User.last_login. That is only updated when the user logs in using his username/password. Supp

Answer 1

The same as John Lehmann's middleware, but rewritten as a function with Andrew Swihart's suggestions and tested on Django 2.2:

 def last_user_activity_middleware(get_response):

    def middleware(request):

        response = get_response(request)

        key = "last-activity"

        if request.user.is_authenticated:

            last_activity = request.session.get(key)

            # If key is old enough, update database.
            too_old_time = timezone.now() - td(seconds=60 * 60)
            if not last_activity or parse(last_activity) < too_old_time:
                MyUser.objects.filter(email=request.user).update(
                    last_visit=timezone.now(),
                    login_count=F('login_count') + 1)

            request.session[key] = timezone.now().isoformat()

        return response

    return middleware

Learn more about writing own middleware in official documentation: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/http/middleware/#writing-your-own-middleware