Identifying the backend provider of a logged in user

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With django-social-auth, is there a good way to find out the backend provider of a logged in user? Is finding the corresponding UserSocialAuth object supposedly the best way?

Thanks!

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '12 at 19:11

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The last login provider is stored in the session using the key social_auth_last_login_backend by default, otherwise yes, checking the UserSocialAuth instances is the preferred way by doing user.social_auth.filter().

Both methods can be combined by doing:

user.social_auth.filter(provider=request.session['social_auth_last_login_backend'])

answered Jun 27 '12 at 19:11

omab

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Thanks. Sorry I'm very new: what's 'user' here? Is it the User class in contrib.auth? – Kar Jun 28 '12 at 19:19
@Kate, yes, it's a instance from the `User` model in `contrib.auth`. You can access the current logged in user in a view by doing `request.user`. – omab Jun 30 '12 at 05:35
This gets , not the name of the backend – K-man Jul 13 '12 at 06:45
My bad, misunderstood the question. – omab Jul 13 '12 at 19:13

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 13 '12 at 07:34

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In your views, try:

request.user.social_auth.values_list('provider')

to get a list of the user's connected backends.

answered Jul 13 '12 at 07:34

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Identifying the backend provider of a logged in user

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