from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.contrib.auth.models import check_password

class HTTPAuth:
    """ Login a user using http authentication """
    def authenticate(self, username="foo", password="bar"):
        try:
            user = User.objects.get(username=username)
        except User.DoesNotExist:
            # Create a new user. Note that we can set password
            # to anything, because it won't be checked; the password
            # from settings.py will.
            user = User(username=username, password=password)
            user.is_staff = True
            user.is_superuser = True
            user.save()
        return user

    def get_user(self, user_id):
        try:
            return User.objects.get(pk=user_id)
        except User.DoesNotExist:
            return None