Generate a LogEntry every time a user is inspecting a object in the django admin.

middleware.py

import json
import re
from datetime import timedelta

from django.contrib.admin.models import ADDITION, LogEntry
from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
from django.utils import timezone

admin_change_path_match = r"^admin:([a-z_]*)_([a-z]*)_change$"


class AdminObjectInspectionMiddleware(object):
    def __init__(self, get_response):
        self.get_response = get_response

    def __call__(self, request):
        response = self.get_response(request)

        if not request.resolver_match:
            return response

        view_name = request.resolver_match.view_name
        match = re.search(admin_change_path_match, view_name)
        if not match:
            return response

        app_name = match.group(1)
        model_name = match.group(2)

        object_id = request.resolver_match.kwargs["object_id"]
        content_type = ContentType.objects.get(app_label=app_name, model=model_name)

        instance = content_type.get_object_for_this_type(pk=object_id)
        user = request.user

        # If similar LogEntry is more recent than 15 minutes exist, exit
        if LogEntry.objects.filter(
            user=user,
            change_message__contains="viewed_in_admin",
            content_type=content_type,
            object_id=object_id,
            action_time__gt=timezone.now() - timedelta(minutes=15),
        ).exists():
            return response

        message = [{"added": {"message": "viewed_in_admin"}}]

        LogEntry.objects.create(
            user=user,
            change_message=json.dumps(message),
            action_flag=ADDITION,
            content_type=content_type,
            object_id=object_id,
            object_repr=str(instance),
        )

        return response

tests.py

from django.contrib.admin.models import LogEntry
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
from django.test import TestCase
from django.urls import reverse

User = get_user_model()


class AdminObjectInspectionTestCase(TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.user = User.objects.create_superuser(
            username="admin", password="password", email="[email protected]"
        )

        self.client.login(username="admin", password="password")

    def test_log_entry_are_created_on_inspection(self):
        self.assertEqual(LogEntry.objects.count(), 0)

        viewed_user = User.objects.create_superuser(
            username="viewed_user", password="password", email="[email protected]"
        )

        user_type = ContentType.objects.get(app_label="auth", model="user")

        self.client.get(
            reverse("admin:auth_user_change", args=[viewed_user.pk]),
        )
        self.assertEqual(LogEntry.objects.count(), 1)

        log_entry = LogEntry.objects.all().order_by("-action_time")[0]
        self.assertEqual(log_entry.user, self.user)
        self.assertEqual(log_entry.content_type, user_type)
        self.assertEqual(log_entry.object_id, str(viewed_user.pk))
        self.assertTrue("viewed_in_admin" in log_entry.change_message)