Django-Hijack
Log in and work on behalf of other users without having to know their credentials.
- easy integration
- custom user model support
- customizable & secure
- automatic dark-mode theme
Installation
Get the latest stable release from PyPi:
pip install django-hijack
Add hijack
to your installed apps and the hijack middleware:
# settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'…',
'hijack',
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'…',
'hijack.middleware.HijackUserMiddleware',
]
Finally, add the Django Hijack URLs:
# urls.py
from django.urls import include, path
urlpatterns = [
path('hijack/', include('hijack.urls')),
# …
]
Usage
Hijacking another user
The following example shows how to integrate a hijack button into your template.
{% load hijack %}
<html>
<body>
{# … #}
{% if request.user|can_hijack:another_user %}
<form action="{% url 'hijack:acquire' %}" method="POST">
{% csrf_token %}
<input type="hidden" name="user_pk" value="{{ another_user.pk }}">
<button type="submit">hijack {{ another_user }}</button>
<input type="hidden" name="next" value="{{ request.path }}">
</form>
{% endif %}
{# … #}
</body>
</html>
A form is used to perform a POST including a CSRF-token for security reasons.
The field user_pk
is mandatory and the value must be set to the target users' primary
key. The optional field next
determines where a user is forwarded after a successful hijack.
If not provided, users are forwarded to the LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL.
Do not forget to load the hijack
template tags to use the can_hijack
filter.
The can_hijack
returns a boolean value, the first argument should be user hijacker,
the second value should be the hijacked.
Django admin integration
If you want to display the hijack button in the Django admin's user list, you can simply
add hijack.contrib.admin
to your INSTALLED_APPS
setting.
Example screenshot:
You may also add the button to other models, that have a foreign relation to the user model.
# admin.py
from django.contrib import admin
from hijack.contrib.admin import HijackUserAdminMixin
from . import models
@admin.register(models.Post)
class PostAdmin(HijackUserAdminMixin, admin.ModelAdmin):
def get_hijack_user(self, obj):
return obj.author # or any other attribute that points to a user