app/django/core/xheaders.py
author Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:17:23 -0500
changeset 2587 ec7818110fd2
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Start using buildout to bring in external dependencies. This makes running tests easier in situations where dependencies are not always available, such as buildbot. Thanks to Matthew Wilkes <matthew@matthewwilkes.co.uk> for help and moral support.

"""
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)