X-Sendfile static file serve view

import posixpath
import urllib
import os

from django.conf import settings
from django.views.static import serve
from django.http import HttpResponse


USE_XSENDFILE = getattr(settings, 'USE_XSENDFILE', False)

def xsendfileserve(request, path, document_root=None):
    """
    Serve static files using X-Sendfile below a given point 
    in the directory structure.

    This is a thin wrapper around Django's built-in django.views.static,
    which optionally uses USE_XSENDFILE to tell webservers to send the
    file to the client. This can, for example, be used to enable Django's
    authentication for static files.

    To use, put a URL pattern such as::

        (r'^(?P<path>.*)$', login_required(xsendfileserve), 
                            {'document_root' : '/path/to/my/files/'})

    in your URLconf. You must provide the ``document_root`` param. You may
    also set ``show_indexes`` to ``True`` if you'd like to serve a basic index
    of the directory.  This index view will use the template hardcoded below,
    but if you'd like to override it, you can create a template called
    ``static/directory_index.html``.
    """

    if USE_XSENDFILE:
        # This code comes straight from the static file serve
        # code in Django 1.2.

        # Clean up given path to only allow serving files below document_root.
        path = posixpath.normpath(urllib.unquote(path))
        path = path.lstrip('/')
        newpath = ''
        for part in path.split('/'):
            if not part:
                # Strip empty path components.
                continue
            drive, part = os.path.splitdrive(part)
            head, part = os.path.split(part)
            if part in (os.curdir, os.pardir):
                # Strip '.' and '..' in path.
                continue
            newpath = os.path.join(newpath, part).replace('\\', '/')
        if newpath and path != newpath:
            return HttpResponseRedirect(newpath)
        fullpath = os.path.join(document_root, newpath)

        # This is where the magic takes place.
        response = HttpResponse()
        response['X-Sendfile'] = fullpath
        # Unset the Content-Type as to allow for the webserver
        # to determine it.
        response['Content-Type'] = ''

        return response

    return serve(request, path, document_root)