Changeset 7334

Timestamp:

03/20/08 02:16:16 (4 months ago)

Author:

mtredinnick

Message:

Fixed #6616 -- Added an is_ajax() method to HttpRequest that uses the de facto
standard header for detecting an XmlHttpRequest? call. Thanks, Daniel Lindsley.

Files:

• django/trunk/AUTHORS (modified) (1 diff)
• django/trunk/django/http/__init__.py (modified) (1 diff)
• django/trunk/docs/request_response.txt (modified) (1 diff)

django/trunk/AUTHORS

@@ -246 +246 @@
-    michal@plovarna.cz
-    Mikko Hellsing <mikko@sorl.net>
+    Daniel Lindsley <polarcowz@gmail.com>
-    Orestis Markou <orestis@orestis.gr>
-    Slawek Mikula <slawek dot mikula at gmail dot com>

django/trunk/django/http/__init__.py

@@ -82 +82 @@
-    def is_secure(self):
-        return os.environ.get("HTTPS") == "on"
+
+    def is_ajax(self):
+        return self.META.get('HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH') == 'XMLHttpRequest'
-
-    def _set_encoding(self, val):

django/trunk/docs/request_response.txt

@@ -199 +199 @@
-   Returns ``True`` if the request is secure; that is, if it was made with
-   HTTPS.
+
+``is_ajax()``
+   **New in Django development version**
+
+   Returns ``True`` if the request was made via an XMLHttpRequest by checking
+   the ``HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH`` header for the string *'XMLHttpRequest'*. The
+   following major Javascript libraries all send this header:
+
+   * jQuery
+   * Dojo
+   * MochiKit
+   * MooTools
+   * Prototype
+   * YUI
+
+   If you write your own XMLHttpRequest call (on the browser side), you will
+   have to set this header manually to use this method.
-
-QueryDict objects