maximum number of random users

common/djangoapps/student/views.py

@@ -918,6 +918,21 @@ def get_random_post_override():
             'honor_code': u'true',
             'terms_of_service': u'true', }
 
+def get_planned_post_override(username, password):
+    """
+    Return a dictionary suitable for passing to post_vars of _do_create_account or post_override
+    of create_account, with specified username and password.
+    """
+    def id_generator(size=6, chars=string.ascii_uppercase + string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits):
+        return ''.join(random.choice(chars) for x in range(size))
+
+    return {'username': username,
+            'email': id_generator(size=10, chars=string.ascii_lowercase) + "_dummy_test@mitx.mit.edu",
+            'password': password,
+            'name': (id_generator(size=5, chars=string.ascii_lowercase) + " " +
+                     id_generator(size=7, chars=string.ascii_lowercase)),
+            'honor_code': u'true',
+            'terms_of_service': u'true', }
 
 def create_random_account(create_account_function):
     def inner_create_random_account(request):
@@ -929,6 +944,16 @@ def create_random_account(create_account_function):
 if settings.GENERATE_RANDOM_USER_CREDENTIALS:
     create_account = create_random_account(create_account)
 
+def create_random_account_with_name_and_password(create_account_function):
+    def inner_create_random_account(request, username, password):
+        return create_account_function(request, post_override=get_planned_post_override(username, password))
+
+    return inner_create_random_account
+
+# for load testing we want to create lots of accounts
+# with controlled username and password
+if settings.AUTOMATIC_AUTH_FOR_LOAD_TESTING:
+    create_account = create_random_account_with_name_and_password(create_account)
 
 @ensure_csrf_cookie
 def activate_account(request, key):

lms/djangoapps/branding/views.py

@@ -58,12 +58,30 @@ def auto_auth(request):
     true.
     """
 
-    # log the user in
-    student.views.create_account(request)
+    from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+    from django.contrib.auth import login, authenticate
+    from random import randint
 
-    # activate account
-    request.user.is_active = True
-    request.user.save()
+    # generate random user ceredentials from a small name space
+    name_base = 'USER_'
+    pass_base = 'PASS_'
+
+    number = randint(1, settings.MAX_AUTO_AUTH_USERS)
+
+    username = name_base + str(number)
+    password = pass_base + str(number)
+
+    # if they already are a user, log in 
+    try:
+        user = User.objects.get(username=username)
+        user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
+        login(request, user)
+
+    except:
+        # create and activate account info
+        student.views.create_account(request, username, password)
+        request.user.is_active = True
+        request.user.save()
 
     # redirect to home-page
     return redirect('root')

lms/envs/common.py

@@ -38,12 +38,13 @@ COURSEWARE_ENABLED = True
 ENABLE_JASMINE = False
 
 AUTOMATIC_AUTH_FOR_LOAD_TESTING = True
+MAX_AUTO_AUTH_USERS = 2
 
 GENERATE_RANDOM_USER_CREDENTIALS = False
 PERFSTATS = False
 
-# automatic_auth should turn on random_cred of it needs to
-GENERATE_RANDOM_USER_CREDENTIALS = GENERATE_RANDOM_USER_CREDENTIALS or AUTOMATIC_AUTH_FOR_LOAD_TESTING
+# # automatic_auth should turn on random_cred of it needs to
+# GENERATE_RANDOM_USER_CREDENTIALS = GENERATE_RANDOM_USER_CREDENTIALS or AUTOMATIC_AUTH_FOR_LOAD_TESTING
 
 DISCUSSION_SETTINGS = {
     'MAX_COMMENT_DEPTH': 2,