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Subdomain Middleware

Author:
xhenxhe
Posted:
October 9, 2008
Language:
Python
Version:
1.0
Score:
7 (after 7 ratings)

This snippet will add the subdomain and domain to the request object for use in your views.

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class SubdomainMiddleware:
    """ Make the subdomain publicly available to classes """
    
    def process_request(self, request):
        domain_parts = request.get_host().split('.')
        if (len(domain_parts) > 2):
            subdomain = domain_parts[0]
            if (subdomain.lower() == 'www'):
                subdomain = None
            domain = '.'.join(domain_parts[1:])
        else:
            subdomain = None
            domain = request.get_host()
        
        request.subdomain = subdomain
        request.domain = domain

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Comments

claudep (on March 18, 2009):

This is useful, thanks.

However, it might be safer to use the request get_host() method instead of META['HTTP_HOST'], because it is not guaranteed to be set. E.g. in tests, META['HTTP_HOST'] is not defined.

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xhenxhe (on April 3, 2009):

Thanks. I've updated the snippet.

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panchicore (on November 17, 2010):

usefull. more intuitive than django-subdomains app.

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