webapp/django/views/decorators/http.py

"""
Decorators for views based on HTTP headers.
"""

try:
    from functools import wraps
except ImportError:
    from django.utils.functional import wraps  # Python 2.3, 2.4 fallback.

from django.utils.decorators import decorator_from_middleware
from django.middleware.http import ConditionalGetMiddleware
from django.http import HttpResponseNotAllowed

conditional_page = decorator_from_middleware(ConditionalGetMiddleware)

def require_http_methods(request_method_list):
    """
    Decorator to make a view only accept particular request methods.  Usage::

        @require_http_methods(["GET", "POST"])
        def my_view(request):
            # I can assume now that only GET or POST requests make it this far
            # ...

    Note that request methods should be in uppercase.
    """
    def decorator(func):
        def inner(request, *args, **kwargs):
            if request.method not in request_method_list:
                return HttpResponseNotAllowed(request_method_list)
            return func(request, *args, **kwargs)
        return wraps(func)(inner)
    return decorator

require_GET = require_http_methods(["GET"])
require_GET.__doc__ = "Decorator to require that a view only accept the GET method."

require_POST = require_http_methods(["POST"])
require_POST.__doc__ = "Decorator to require that a view only accept the POST method."