| """ |
| 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) |
