Do not rely on dicts.merge to change target
Also make dicts.merge actually not touch target. This is much cleaner
than modifying in place, especially since we assign the result of the
dicts.merge call to target most of the time anyway.
Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier
from django.conf import settings
from django import http
class XViewMiddleware(object):
"""
Adds an X-View header to internal HEAD requests -- used by the documentation system.
"""
def process_view(self, request, view_func, view_args, view_kwargs):
"""
If the request method is HEAD and either the IP is internal or the
user is a logged-in staff member, quickly return with an x-header
indicating the view function. This is used by the documentation module
to lookup the view function for an arbitrary page.
"""
if request.method == 'HEAD' and (request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR') in settings.INTERNAL_IPS or (request.user.is_authenticated() and request.user.is_staff)):
response = http.HttpResponse()
response['X-View'] = "%s.%s" % (view_func.__module__, view_func.__name__)
return response