boards/middlewares.py

from django.shortcuts import redirect
from boards import utils
from boards.models import Ban

RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE = 'Content-Type'

TYPE_HTML = 'text/html'


class BanMiddleware:
    """
    This is run before showing the thread. Banned users don't need to see
    anything
    """

    def __init__(self):
        pass

    def process_view(self, request, view_func, view_args, view_kwargs):

        if request.path != '/banned/':
            ip = utils.get_client_ip(request)
            bans = Ban.objects.filter(ip=ip)

            if bans.exists():
                ban = bans[0]
                if not ban.can_read:
                    return redirect('banned')