SSL Middleware
**SSL Middleware** This middleware answers the problem of redirecting to (and from) a SSL secured path by stating what paths should be secured in urls.py file. To secure a path, add the additional view_kwarg 'SSL':True to the view_kwargs. For example ` urlpatterns = patterns('some_site.some_app.views', (r'^test/secure/$','test_secure',{'SSL':True}), ) ` All paths where 'SSL':False or where the kwarg of 'SSL' is not specified are routed to an unsecure path. For example ` urlpatterns = patterns('some_site.some_app.views', (r'^test/unsecure1/$','test_unsecure',{'SSL':False}), (r'^test/unsecure2/$','test_unsecure'), ) ` **Gotcha's** Redirects should only occur during GETs; this is due to the fact that POST data will get lost in the redirect. **Benefits/Reasoning** A major benefit of this approach is that it allows you to secure django.contrib views and generic views without having to modify the base code or wrapping the view. This method is also better than the two alternative approaches of adding to the settings file or using a decorator. It is better than the tactic of creating a list of paths to secure in the settings file, because you DRY. You are also not forced to consider all paths in a single location. Instead you can address the security of a path in the urls file that it is resolved in. It is better than the tactic of using a @secure or @unsecure decorator, because it prevents decorator build up on your view methods. Having a bunch of decorators makes views cumbersome to read and looks pretty redundant. Also because the all views pass through the middleware you can specify the only secure paths and the remaining paths can be assumed to be unsecure and handled by the middleware. This package is inspired by Antonio Cavedoni's SSL Middleware Notes: Updated per Jay Parlar at http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/240/ - Added a test for the way webfaction handles forwarded SSL requests.
- middleware
- ssl