bundled/webpy/web/http.py @ c48a619ef5db webui

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author Steve Losh <steve@stevelosh.com>
date Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:53:37 -0400
parents 7c9d165e0cd1
children (none)
"""
HTTP Utilities
(from web.py)
"""

__all__ = [
  "expires", "lastmodified", 
  "prefixurl", "modified", 
  "write",
  "changequery", "url",
  "profiler",
]

import sys, os, threading, urllib, urlparse
try: import datetime
except ImportError: pass
import net, utils, webapi as web

def prefixurl(base=''):
    """
    Sorry, this function is really difficult to explain.
    Maybe some other time.
    """
    url = web.ctx.path.lstrip('/')
    for i in xrange(url.count('/')): 
        base += '../'
    if not base: 
        base = './'
    return base

def expires(delta):
    """
    Outputs an `Expires` header for `delta` from now. 
    `delta` is a `timedelta` object or a number of seconds.
    """
    if isinstance(delta, (int, long)):
        delta = datetime.timedelta(seconds=delta)
    date_obj = datetime.datetime.utcnow() + delta
    web.header('Expires', net.httpdate(date_obj))

def lastmodified(date_obj):
    """Outputs a `Last-Modified` header for `datetime`."""
    web.header('Last-Modified', net.httpdate(date_obj))

def modified(date=None, etag=None):
    """
    Checks to see if the page has been modified since the version in the
    requester's cache.
    
    When you publish pages, you can include `Last-Modified` and `ETag`
    with the date the page was last modified and an opaque token for
    the particular version, respectively. When readers reload the page, 
    the browser sends along the modification date and etag value for
    the version it has in its cache. If the page hasn't changed, 
    the server can just return `304 Not Modified` and not have to 
    send the whole page again.
    
    This function takes the last-modified date `date` and the ETag `etag`
    and checks the headers to see if they match. If they do, it returns 
    `True` and sets the response status to `304 Not Modified`. It also
    sets `Last-Modified and `ETag` output headers.
    """
    try:
        from __builtin__ import set
    except ImportError:
        # for python 2.3
        from sets import Set as set

    n = set([x.strip('" ') for x in web.ctx.env.get('HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH', '').split(',')])
    m = net.parsehttpdate(web.ctx.env.get('HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE', '').split(';')[0])
    validate = False
    if etag:
        if '*' in n or etag in n:
            validate = True
    if date and m:
        # we subtract a second because 
        # HTTP dates don't have sub-second precision
        if date-datetime.timedelta(seconds=1) <= m:
            validate = True
    
    if validate: web.ctx.status = '304 Not Modified'
    if date: lastmodified(date)
    if etag: web.header('ETag', '"' + etag + '"')
    return not validate

def write(cgi_response):
    """
    Converts a standard CGI-style string response into `header` and 
    `output` calls.
    """
    cgi_response = str(cgi_response)
    cgi_response.replace('\r\n', '\n')
    head, body = cgi_response.split('\n\n', 1)
    lines = head.split('\n')

    for line in lines:
        if line.isspace(): 
            continue
        hdr, value = line.split(":", 1)
        value = value.strip()
        if hdr.lower() == "status": 
            web.ctx.status = value
        else: 
            web.header(hdr, value)

    web.output(body)

def urlencode(query):
    """
    Same as urllib.urlencode, but supports unicode strings.
    
        >>> urlencode({'text':'foo bar'})
        'text=foo+bar'
    """
    query = dict([(k, utils.utf8(v)) for k, v in query.items()])
    return urllib.urlencode(query)

def changequery(query=None, **kw):
    """
    Imagine you're at `/foo?a=1&b=2`. Then `changequery(a=3)` will return
    `/foo?a=3&b=2` -- the same URL but with the arguments you requested
    changed.
    """
    if query is None:
        query = web.input(_method='get')
    for k, v in kw.iteritems():
        if v is None:
            query.pop(k, None)
        else:
            query[k] = v
    out = web.ctx.path
    if query:
        out += '?' + urlencode(query)
    return out

def url(path=None, **kw):
    """
    Makes url by concatinating web.ctx.homepath and path and the 
    query string created using the arguments.
    """
    if path is None:
        path = web.ctx.path
    if path.startswith("/"):
        out = web.ctx.homepath + path
    else:
        out = path

    if kw:
        out += '?' + urlencode(kw)
    
    return out

def profiler(app):
    """Outputs basic profiling information at the bottom of each response."""
    from utils import profile
    def profile_internal(e, o):
        out, result = profile(app)(e, o)
        return list(out) + ['<pre>' + net.websafe(result) + '</pre>']
    return profile_internal

if __name__ == "__main__":
    import doctest
    doctest.testmod()