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diff --git a/webapp/django/core/xheaders.py b/webapp/django/core/xheaders.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..34335f12c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/webapp/django/core/xheaders.py @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +""" +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) |