def index(request): the_user = request.user In Django, how do I know if it's a real user or not? I tried: if the_user: but "AnonymousUser" is there even if no one logs in. So, it always returns...

How would I go about caching pages for anonymous users but rendering them for authorized users in Django 1.6? There used to be a CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_ANONYMOUS_ONLY flag that sounded perfect, but that ...

My app implements a shopping cart in which anonymous users can fill their cart with products. User Login is required only before payment. How can this be implemented? The main challenge is that fl...

I have a simple Post model in my django app: class Post(models.Model): category = models.CharField(max_length=10, choices=choices) message = models.CharField(max_length=500) user = models.Forei...

I am attempting to track AnonymousUsers to figure out when they first come to the site, and when they then register to the website. To do so, I created a middleware with the relevant functionalit...

I'm using Spring Security 3.0.2 and I can't find a way to load roles of anonymous user from database (I've got dynamic roles where roles can be given to everyone). I've tried to use a custom anony...

I'm looking at implementing some form of anonymous user system in Rails. I need to let people do things (creating records, looking at what they've created, etc), without actually creating an accoun...