Fixed #987 -- Convert relative URI portions into absolute URIs in HTTP Location headers. Based on a patch from SmileyChris.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@6164 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/django/http/__init__.py b/django/http/__init__.py
index 20818f138b..74764690a3 100644
--- a/django/http/__init__.py
+++ b/django/http/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 from Cookie import SimpleCookie
 from pprint import pformat
 from urllib import urlencode
+from urlparse import urljoin
 from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict, FileDict
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str, iri_to_uri, force_unicode
 
@@ -42,10 +43,24 @@ class HttpRequest(object):
         return key in self.GET or key in self.POST
 
     __contains__ = has_key
-        
+
     def get_full_path(self):
         return ''
 
+    def build_absolute_uri(self, location=None):
+        """
+        Builds an absolute URI from the location and the variables available in
+        this request. If no location is specified, the absolute URI is built on
+        ``request.get_full_path()``.
+        """
+        if not location:
+            location = request.get_full_path()
+        if not ':' in location:
+            current_uri = '%s://%s%s' % (self.is_secure() and 'https' or 'http',
+                                         get_host(self), self.path)
+            location = urljoin(current_uri, location)
+        return location
+
     def is_secure(self):
         return os.environ.get("HTTPS") == "on"