Use the new optional argument to endRequest in the middleware
Currently endRequest is called twice on an exception if Django
intercepts the exception and returns it's own result. By setting
optional=True we do not crash on 'assert self.in_request'.
from django.conf import settings
from django import http
class XViewMiddleware(object):
"""
Adds an X-View header to internal HEAD requests -- used by the documentation system.
"""
def process_view(self, request, view_func, view_args, view_kwargs):
"""
If the request method is HEAD and either the IP is internal or the
user is a logged-in staff member, quickly return with an x-header
indicating the view function. This is used by the documentation module
to lookup the view function for an arbitrary page.
"""
if request.method == 'HEAD' and (request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR') in settings.INTERNAL_IPS or (request.user.is_authenticated() and request.user.is_staff)):
response = http.HttpResponse()
response['X-View'] = "%s.%s" % (view_func.__module__, view_func.__name__)
return response