Changeset 6941

Timestamp:

12/17/07 06:50:06 (9 months ago)

Author:

mtredinnick

Message:

Fixed #6119 -- Documented HttpRequest.get_host(). Thanks, PJCrosier.

Files:

• django/trunk/docs/request_response.txt (modified) (1 diff)

django/trunk/docs/request_response.txt

@@ -156 +156 @@
-   Returns ``True`` or ``False``, designating whether ``request.GET`` or
-   ``request.POST`` has the given key.
+
+``get_host()``
+   **New in Django development version**
+
+   Returns the originating host of the request using information from the
+   ``HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST`` and ``HTTP_HOST`` headers (in that order). If
+   they don't provide a value, the method uses a combination of
+   ``SERVER_NAME`` and ``SERVER_PORT`` as detailed in `PEP 333`_.
+
+   .. _PEP 333: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0333/
+
+   Example: ``"127.0.0.1:8000"``
-
-``get_full_path()``