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Logging users out of a Django site after N minutes of inactivity

I'm working on a website that requires us to log a user out after N minutes of inactivity. Are there any best practices for this using Django?

Solution

  • Take a look at the session middleware and its settings. Specifically these two:

    SESSION_COOKIE_AGE

    Default: 1209600 (2 weeks, in seconds)

    The age of session cookies, in seconds.

    SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST

    Default: False

    Whether to save the session data on every request. If this is False (default), then the session data will only be saved if it has been modified -- that is, if any of its dictionary values have been assigned or deleted.

    Setting a low SESSION_COOKIE_AGE and turning SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST on should work to create "sliding" expiration.