app/django/core/xheaders.py
author Pawel Solyga <Pawel.Solyga@gmail.com>
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:45:13 +0000
changeset 171 b62f1cf5e878
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Bug fixes to revision r596. User Account field in Developer User Profile view needs to be an email not a login name. Header title of User Profile Developer view, when form validation failes is now showing correct value ("Modify existing ..." instead of "Create new user ...").

"""
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)