Keep track of when a user has been last seen on a website. The last seen time is kept on the database.
The app is ready for python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and django 2.2, it uses the AUTH_USER_MODEL setting to get the user model.
Install with pip install django-last-seen" or add 'last_seen' directory to your Python path.
Add 'last_seen' to the INSTALLED_APPS tuple found in your settings file.
Add 'last_seen.middleware.LastSeenMiddleware' to MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES tuple found in your settings file.
Run manage.py migrate to create the new tables
To get when a user has been last seen::
from last_seen.model import LastSeen
seen = LastSeen.object.when(user=user)To save a last seen user without the middleware::
from last_seen.model import LastSeen
# save with a special module
LastSeen.object.when(user=user, module='forum')The provided middleware keeps track of when an authenticated user has been last seen on the site,
If you want to keep track of a user last seen on a part of a site, you can use a special module name and use::
from last_seen.model import LastSeen
# save with a special module
LastSeen.object.when(user=user, module='forum')Then to get the data::
from last_seen.model import LastSeen
# user last seen on any part of the site
seen = LastSeen.object.when(user=user)
# user last seen on a module
seen = LastSeen.object.when(user=user, module='forum')LAST_SEEN_DEFAULT_MODULE: The default module used on the middleware. The default value is default.
LAST_SEEN_INTERVAL: How often is the last seen timestamp updated to the database. The default is 2 hours.