app/django/core/xheaders.py
author Pawel Solyga <Pawel.Solyga@gmail.com>
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:16:55 +0000
changeset 2035 5b663ac5bb14
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Add listing of ineligible Student Proposals to "View all Students Proposals" view. Now mentors and org admin can see what application has been marked as ineligible or withdrawn by student. Patch by: Pawel Solyga Reviewed by: to-be-reviewed

"""
Pages in Django can are served up with custom HTTP headers containing useful
information about those pages -- namely, the content type and object ID.

This module contains utility functions for retrieving and doing interesting
things with these special "X-Headers" (so called because the HTTP spec demands
that custom headers are prefixed with "X-").

Next time you're at slashdot.org, watch out for X-Fry and X-Bender. :)
"""

def populate_xheaders(request, response, model, object_id):
    """
    Adds the "X-Object-Type" and "X-Object-Id" headers to the given
    HttpResponse according to the given model and object_id -- but only if the
    given HttpRequest object has an IP address within the INTERNAL_IPS setting
    or if the request is from a logged in staff member.
    """
    from django.conf import settings
    if (request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR') in settings.INTERNAL_IPS
            or (hasattr(request, 'user') and request.user.is_authenticated()
                and request.user.is_staff)):
        response['X-Object-Type'] = "%s.%s" % (model._meta.app_label, model._meta.object_name.lower())
        response['X-Object-Id'] = str(object_id)