Whitelist of IPs that will not be banned (starting from localhost)

boards/config/default_settings.ini

@@ -19,6 +19,7 b' Autoban = false'
 DefaultTag = test
 MaxFileCount = 5
 AdditionalSpoilerSpaces = false
+BanWhitelist = 127.0.0.1
 
 [Messages]
 # Thread bumplimit

boards/settings.py

@@ -27,3 +27,7 b' def get_list_dict(section, name):'
     return [item.split(':') for item in str_dict.split(',')]
 
 
+def get_list(section, name):
+    str_list = get(section, name)
+    return str_list.split(',')
+

boards/views/base.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 b''
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.views.generic import View
 
-from boards import utils
+from boards import utils, settings
 from boards.models.user import Ban
 
 
@@ -22,9 +22,11 b' class BaseBoardView(View):'
         """
 
         ip = utils.get_client_ip(request)
-        ban, created = Ban.objects.get_or_create(ip=ip)
-        if created:
-            ban.can_read = False
-            ban.reason = BAN_REASON_SPAM
-        ban.save()
+        whitelist = settings.get_list('Forms', 'BanWhitelist')
+        if not ip in whitelist:
+            ban, created = Ban.objects.get_or_create(ip=ip)
+            if created:
+                ban.can_read = False
+                ban.reason = BAN_REASON_SPAM
+            ban.save()