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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/request-response.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt index bf984f4fa8..fb38b596e9 100644 --- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt +++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt @@ -30,10 +30,25 @@ All attributes except ``session`` should be considered read-only. .. attribute:: HttpRequest.path - A string representing the full path to the requested page, not including - the domain. + A string representing the full path to the requested page, not including + the domain. - Example: ``"/music/bands/the_beatles/"`` + Example: ``"/music/bands/the_beatles/"`` + +.. attribute:: HttpRequest.path_info + + Under some web server configurations, the portion of the URL after the host + name is split up into a script prefix portion and a path info portion + (this happens, for example, when using the ``django.root`` option + with the :ref:`modpython handler from Apache <howto-deployment-modpython>`). + The ``path_info`` attribute always contains the path info portion of the + path, no matter what web server is being used. Using this instead of + attr:`~HttpRequest.path` can make your code much easier to move between test + and deployment servers. + + For example, if the ``django.root`` for your application is set to + ``"/minfo"``, then ``path`` might be ``"/minfo/music/bands/the_beatles/"`` + and ``path_info`` would be ``"/music/bands/the_beatles/"``. .. attribute:: HttpRequest.method |