app/django/contrib/flatpages/middleware.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:19:37 +0000
changeset 586 a4a36b06a870
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Make the sidebar dynamic depending on the user's rights This is done by doing the usual access checks that are also called when the user actually visits the page.

from django.contrib.flatpages.views import flatpage
from django.http import Http404
from django.conf import settings

class FlatpageFallbackMiddleware(object):
    def process_response(self, request, response):
        if response.status_code != 404:
            return response # No need to check for a flatpage for non-404 responses.
        try:
            return flatpage(request, request.path_info)
        # Return the original response if any errors happened. Because this
        # is a middleware, we can't assume the errors will be caught elsewhere.
        except Http404:
            return response
        except:
            if settings.DEBUG:
                raise
            return response