app/django/middleware/gzip.py
author Lennard de Rijk <ljvderijk@gmail.com>
Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:21:15 +0200
changeset 2382 3a6302dd346b
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Added link to edit the Document on the Document's public page. This link will only show if the user is allowed to edit the document. Fixes issue 271. Update issue 271 Owner: ljvderijk

import re

from django.utils.text import compress_string
from django.utils.cache import patch_vary_headers

re_accepts_gzip = re.compile(r'\bgzip\b')

class GZipMiddleware(object):
    """
    This middleware compresses content if the browser allows gzip compression.
    It sets the Vary header accordingly, so that caches will base their storage
    on the Accept-Encoding header.
    """
    def process_response(self, request, response):
        # It's not worth compressing non-OK or really short responses.
        if response.status_code != 200 or len(response.content) < 200:
            return response

        patch_vary_headers(response, ('Accept-Encoding',))

        # Avoid gzipping if we've already got a content-encoding.
        if response.has_header('Content-Encoding'):
            return response

        # Older versions of IE have issues with gzipped pages containing either
        # Javascript and PDF.
        if "msie" in request.META.get('HTTP_USER_AGENT', '').lower():
            ctype = response.get('Content-Type', '').lower()
            if "javascript" in ctype or ctype == "application/pdf":
                return response

        ae = request.META.get('HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING', '')
        if not re_accepts_gzip.search(ae):
            return response

        response.content = compress_string(response.content)
        response['Content-Encoding'] = 'gzip'
        response['Content-Length'] = str(len(response.content))
        return response