Django snippets

#
# middleware
#
from django.conf import settings
from django import http

class VhostMiddleware(object):

    def process_request(self, req):
        '''
        Pull HTTP header containing the vhost base path into the request object
        '''
        vhost_header_name = getattr(settings, "VHOST_HEADER", "HTTP_X_BASE_PATH")
        base_path = req.META.get(vhost_header_name, "")
        ## eliminate trailing slash ##
        if base_path.endswith('/'):
            base_path = base_path[:-1]
        req.base_path = base_path
        return None

    def process_response(self, req, res):
        '''
        Adjust redirects to include the base path
        '''
        if res.status_code in (301,302) and not res["Location"].startswith(req.base_path)                                                                and res["Location"].startswith("/"):
            res["Location"] = "%s%s" % (req.base_path,res["Location"])

        return res

#
# Context Processor
#
def VhostContextProcessor(request):
    ctx = {"base_path": ""}
    try:
        ctx["base_path"] = request.base_path
    except:
        pass
    return ctx