current_user instance is of LocalProxy type

Hi, when using current_user instance I was having a weird bug with MongoEngine, then I decided to debug and when checking:

ipdb> type(current_user)
<class 'werkzeug.local.LocalProxy'>

That’s not desired if I will use it directly. MongoEngine complains when using that instance during query/update, etc… Is there any way to unwrap the proxy? Right now I have to query to the DB to get the real object.

Thanks

[dendik]

pahaz, the good workaround in my case was to add this mixin to my User class:

class TrueSelf(object):

    @property
    def self(self):
        """If self was pointed to by a proxy, present the true self.

        E.g. if self was returned by current_user, which is a proxy,
        we actually want to have the actual User object on an entry,
        not the one varying with each request.

        Also vital for storing into DB.
        """
        return self

class User(..., TrueSelf):
    ...

And then I could store current_user.self (current_user itself is still the proxy!) in the database. Or, in your case, it would be g.user = current_user.self (you have to test it; I don’t remember if current_user already takes the proper value in before_request handler).

I support your request to reopen the ticket!

[maxcountryman]

@asteinlein there’s nothing stopping you from implementing that yourself. I’m locking this topic now.