app/django/middleware/doc.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:31:39 +0000
changeset 2177 e2c193e1f631
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
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