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@@ -156,6 +156,18 @@ Methods
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()``
Returns the ``path``, plus an appended query string, if applicable.
@@ -452,7 +464,7 @@ types of HTTP responses. Like ``HttpResponse``, these subclasses live in
``HttpResponseNotModified``
The constructor doesn't take any arguments. Use this to designate that a
- page hasn't been modified since the user's last request.
+ page hasn't been modified since the user's last request (status code 304).
``HttpResponseBadRequest``
**New in Django development version.**