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David Foie Gras
David Foie Gras

Reputation: 2080

How can I check whether time from model object created time is over 10mins?

models.py

@python_2_unicode_compatible
class UserAuthToken(models.Model):

    email = models.ForeignKey(UserSubEmail)
    token = models.CharField(max_length=34, unique=True)
    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return "AuthToken for %s" % self.email

I want to check elapsed time between token's created time and now So if token created before more than 10 minutes, I can recognize this token is invalid.

views.py 

def create_email_confirm_key(request, uid, token):
    try:
        user_authtoken = UserAuthToken.objects.get(uid=uid)
    except (TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError, User.DoesNotExist):
        user_authtoken = None

    if not 'user_authtoken is created before more than 10minutes' :
        This token is valid and do something

How can I check whether time between the token created and now is more than 10mins?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 28

Answers (1)

user2390182
user2390182

Reputation: 73460

You can always calculate the delta from the current time using django.utils.timezone:

from django.utils.timezone import now, timedelta

if now() - user_authtoken.created <= timedelta(seconds=10*60):
    # token valid

But I recommend you take a look at django's Cryptographic signing. It lets you verify timestamped signatures and handles all the delta calculations for you.

Upvotes: 2

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