Add person and am info in the default request object

backend/auth.py

@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ class NMUserBackend(django.contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend):
 
         return user
 
+class NMInfoMiddleware(object):
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        if request.user.is_authenticated():
+            request.person = request.user.get_profile()
+            request.am = request.person.am_or_none
+        else:
+            request.person = None
+            request.am = None
 
 def is_am(view_func):
     """

backend/models.py

@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ class Person(models.Model):
         except AM.DoesNotExist:
             return False
 
+    @property
+    def am_or_none(self):
+        try:
+            return self.am
+        except AM.DoesNotExist:
+            return None
+
     def can_be_edited(self, am=None):
         # If the person is already in LDAP, then we cannot edit their info
         if self.status not in (const.STATUS_MM, const.STATUS_DM):

settings.py.devel

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'backend.auth.FakeRemoteUser',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'backend.auth.NMInfoMiddleware',
 )
 
 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (