From 549faf19bf4c59d6c67b860cb93add1c24f3420a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Malcolm Tredinnick Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:27:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improved documentation around HTTP server meta variables. Fixed #16581, with thanks to Bernhard Essl. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@16644 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/ref/request-response.txt | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt index 295fba176f..effc0e5117 100644 --- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt +++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt @@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ All attributes except ``session`` should be considered read-only. Available headers depend on the client and server, but here are some examples: - * ``CONTENT_LENGTH`` - * ``CONTENT_TYPE`` - * ``HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING`` - * ``HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE`` + * ``CONTENT_LENGTH`` -- the length of the request body (as a string). + * ``CONTENT_TYPE`` -- the MIME type of the request body. + * ``HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING`` -- Acceptable encodings for the response. + * ``HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE`` -- Acceptable languages for the response. * ``HTTP_HOST`` -- The HTTP Host header sent by the client. * ``HTTP_REFERER`` -- The referring page, if any. * ``HTTP_USER_AGENT`` -- The client's user-agent string. @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ All attributes except ``session`` should be considered read-only. * ``REMOTE_USER`` -- The user authenticated by the Web server, if any. * ``REQUEST_METHOD`` -- A string such as ``"GET"`` or ``"POST"``. * ``SERVER_NAME`` -- The hostname of the server. - * ``SERVER_PORT`` -- The port of the server. + * ``SERVER_PORT`` -- The port of the server (as a string). With the exception of ``CONTENT_LENGTH`` and ``CONTENT_TYPE``, as given above, any HTTP headers in the request are converted to ``META`` keys by