← Back2022-01-10Django middleware examplemy use case: get latest visiting time from a user, not a login time /profiles/models.py class User(AbstractUser): last_visit = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, blank=True, null=True) ... /projectname/middleware.py from django.utils import timezone from profiles.models import User from datetime import timedelta # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/middleware/#writing-your-own-middleware class LastVisitMiddleware: def __init__(self, get_response): # One-time configuration and initialization. self.get_response = get_response def __call__(self, request): # Code to be executed for each request before # the view (and later middleware) are called. response = self.get_response(request) # Code to be executed for each request/response after # the view is called. if request.user.is_authenticated: try: last_visit = User.objects.get(pk=request.user.pk).last_visit if last_visit + timedelta(minutes=1) < timezone.now(): User.objects.filter(pk=request.user.pk).update( last_visit=timezone.now() ) except User.DoesNotExist: pass return response /settings.py MIDDLEWARE = [ ... ... "projectname.middleware.LastVisitMiddleware", ]