app/django/middleware/gzip.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:10:23 +0000
changeset 649 95a41542e693
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Finish Program Added some fields, and made TinyMCE the editor for the description field. Also updated the public page to show these new fields. We really need generic public views... Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

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