app/django/middleware/gzip.py
author Lennard de Rijk <ljvderijk@gmail.com>
Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:14:42 +0000
changeset 1157 76e2ed09661c
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Added status property to the user model. This is to accommodate the ability to exclude users from using the website. Note that since the access modules is currently undergoing some reconstruction changing the status will not actually effect the User yet. Patch by: Lennard de Rijk Reviewed by: to-be-reviewed

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