extend cookie age if its still used

pandora/settings.py

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'ox.django.middleware.ExceptionMiddleware',
     'ox.django.middleware.ChromeFrameMiddleware',
+    'user.middleware.UpdateSession',
 )
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'urls'
@@ -205,6 +206,9 @@ MEDIA_PREFIX=''
 
 SESSION_COOKIE_AGE=60*24*60*60
 
+# Extend cookie age if session is older
+SESSION_UPDATE=24*60*60
+
 SCRIPT_ROOT = normpath(join(PROJECT_ROOT, '..', 'scripts'))
 #change script to customize
 ITEM_POSTER = join(SCRIPT_ROOT, 'poster.py')

pandora/user/middleware.py

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session
+
+class UpdateSession(object):
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        if request.user.is_authenticated():
+            expire_date = Session.objects.get(session_key=request.session.session_key).expire_date
+            if (request.session.get_expiry_date() - expire_date).total_seconds() > settings.SESSION_UPDATE:
+                request.session.modified = True
+
+    def process_response(self, request, response):
+        return response