app/django/core/xheaders.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:59:30 +0000
changeset 490 7cfa2ad62944
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Allow pre-seeding a create form With this feature the Site Settings create form can be pre-seeded with it's "magic values", which allows those fields to be hidden from the user. At the same time, it allows 'Edit Main Site Settings' to either create or edit the Main Site Settings.

"""
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)