========== Middleware ========== .. module:: django.middleware :synopsis: Django's built-in middleware classes. This document explains all middleware components that come with Django. For information on how to use them and how to write your own middleware, see the :doc:`middleware usage guide `. Available middleware ==================== Cache middleware ---------------- .. module:: django.middleware.cache :synopsis: Middleware for the site-wide cache. .. class:: UpdateCacheMiddleware .. class:: FetchFromCacheMiddleware Enable the site-wide cache. If these are enabled, each Django-powered page will be cached for as long as the :setting:`CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_SECONDS` setting defines. See the :doc:`cache documentation `. "Common" middleware ------------------- .. module:: django.middleware.common :synopsis: Middleware adding "common" conveniences for perfectionists. .. class:: CommonMiddleware Adds a few conveniences for perfectionists: * Forbids access to user agents in the :setting:`DISALLOWED_USER_AGENTS` setting, which should be a list of strings. * Performs URL rewriting based on the :setting:`APPEND_SLASH` and :setting:`PREPEND_WWW` settings. If :setting:`APPEND_SLASH` is ``True`` and the initial URL doesn't end with a slash, and it is not found in the URLconf, then a new URL is formed by appending a slash at the end. If this new URL is found in the URLconf, then Django redirects the request to this new URL. Otherwise, the initial URL is processed as usual. For example, ``foo.com/bar`` will be redirected to ``foo.com/bar/`` if you don't have a valid URL pattern for ``foo.com/bar`` but *do* have a valid pattern for ``foo.com/bar/``. If :setting:`PREPEND_WWW` is ``True``, URLs that lack a leading "www." will be redirected to the same URL with a leading "www." Both of these options are meant to normalize URLs. The philosophy is that each URL should exist in one, and only one, place. Technically a URL ``foo.com/bar`` is distinct from ``foo.com/bar/`` -- a search-engine indexer would treat them as separate URLs -- so it's best practice to normalize URLs. * Sends broken link notification emails to :setting:`MANAGERS` if :setting:`SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS` is set to ``True``. * Handles ETags based on the :setting:`USE_ETAGS` setting. If :setting:`USE_ETAGS` is set to ``True``, Django will calculate an ETag for each request by MD5-hashing the page content, and it'll take care of sending ``Not Modified`` responses, if appropriate. View metadata middleware ------------------------ .. module:: django.middleware.doc :synopsis: Middleware to help your app self-document. .. class:: XViewMiddleware Sends custom ``X-View`` HTTP headers to HEAD requests that come from IP addresses defined in the :setting:`INTERNAL_IPS` setting. This is used by Django's :doc:`automatic documentation system `. Depends on :class:`~django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware`. GZip middleware --------------- .. module:: django.middleware.gzip :synopsis: Middleware to serve GZipped content for performance. .. class:: GZipMiddleware Compresses content for browsers that understand GZip compression (all modern browsers). It is suggested to place this first in the middleware list, so that the compression of the response content is the last thing that happens. It will NOT compress content if any of the following are true: * The content body is less than 200 bytes long. * The response has already set the ``Content-Encoding`` header. * The request (the browser) hasn't sent an ``Accept-Encoding`` header containing ``gzip``. * The request is from Internet Explorer and the ``Content-Type`` header contains ``javascript`` or starts with anything other than ``text/``. We do this to avoid a bug in early versions of IE that caused decompression not to be performed on certain content types. You can apply GZip compression to individual views using the :func:`~django.views.decorators.http.gzip_page()` decorator. Conditional GET middleware -------------------------- .. module:: django.middleware.http :synopsis: Middleware handling advanced HTTP features. .. class:: ConditionalGetMiddleware Handles conditional GET operations. If the response has a ``ETag`` or ``Last-Modified`` header, and the request has ``If-None-Match`` or ``If-Modified-Since``, the response is replaced by an :class:`~django.http.HttpNotModified`. Also sets the ``Date`` and ``Content-Length`` response-headers. Reverse proxy middleware ------------------------ .. class:: SetRemoteAddrFromForwardedFor This middleware was removed in Django 1.1. See :ref:`the release notes ` for details. Locale middleware ----------------- .. module:: django.middleware.locale :synopsis: Middleware to enable language selection based on the request. .. class:: LocaleMiddleware Enables language selection based on data from the request. It customizes content for each user. See the :doc:`internationalization documentation `. Message middleware ------------------ .. module:: django.contrib.messages.middleware :synopsis: Message middleware. .. class:: MessageMiddleware Enables cookie- and session-based message support. See the :doc:`messages documentation `. Session middleware ------------------ .. module:: django.contrib.sessions.middleware :synopsis: Session middleware. .. class:: SessionMiddleware Enables session support. See the :doc:`session documentation `. Authentication middleware ------------------------- .. module:: django.contrib.auth.middleware :synopsis: Authentication middleware. .. class:: AuthenticationMiddleware Adds the ``user`` attribute, representing the currently-logged-in user, to every incoming ``HttpRequest`` object. See :doc:`Authentication in Web requests `. CSRF protection middleware -------------------------- .. module:: django.middleware.csrf :synopsis: Middleware adding protection against Cross Site Request Forgeries. .. class:: CsrfViewMiddleware Adds protection against Cross Site Request Forgeries by adding hidden form fields to POST forms and checking requests for the correct value. See the :doc:`Cross Site Request Forgery protection documentation `. Transaction middleware ---------------------- .. module:: django.middleware.transaction :synopsis: Middleware binding a database transaction to each Web request. .. class:: TransactionMiddleware Binds commit and rollback of the default database to the request/response phase. If a view function runs successfully, a commit is done. If it fails with an exception, a rollback is done. The order of this middleware in the stack is important: middleware modules running outside of it run with commit-on-save - the default Django behavior. Middleware modules running inside it (coming later in the stack) will be under the same transaction control as the view functions. See the :doc:`transaction management documentation `. X-Frame-Options middleware -------------------------- .. module:: django.middleware.clickjacking :synopsis: Clickjacking protection .. class:: XFrameOptionsMiddleware .. versionadded:: 1.4 ``XFrameOptionsMiddleware`` was added. Simple :doc:`clickjacking protection via the X-Frame-Options header `.