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+# GNU MediaGoblin -- federated, autonomous media hosting
+# Copyright (C) 2011 MediaGoblin contributors.  See AUTHORS.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from mediagoblin.db.util import ObjectId
+
+def setup_user_in_request(request):
+    """
+    Examine a request and tack on a request.user parameter if that's
+    appropriate.
+    """
+    if not request.session.has_key('user_id'):
+        request.user = None
+        return
+
+    user = None
+    user = request.app.db.User.one(
+        {'_id': ObjectId(request.session['user_id'])})
+
+    if not user:
+        # Something's wrong... this user doesn't exist?  Invalidate
+        # this session.
+        request.session.invalidate()
+
+    request.user = user