app/django/middleware/gzip.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:59:34 +0000
changeset 553 c0cc20b4afc9
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Make redirect generic using the new Lists object This makes it possible (and easier) to have the list view redirect to any page specially tailored to the current item. 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