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Django Smart Proxy
==================
Django Smart Proxy is a plug-and-play solution for implementing pass-through proxies in
a Django-based environment.
**Extensibility**<br/>
Django Smart Proxy exposes a *request_decorators* parameter that makes it easily
extensible, allowing access to the request "pipeline" before being sent to the host.
**Common Use Cases**
- Handling OAuth on the server-side to avoid exposing secret keys to the client.
- As an alternative to CORS for making cross-domain AJAX requests.
- Anything else...?
Installation
============
**Requires**
- Python >= 2.6 (supports up to 3.4)
- Django >= 1.4 (Python 2 support up to 1.6.x)
*For all requirements, see <a href="https://github.com/celerityweb/django-smart-proxy/blob/master/setup.py" target="_blank">setup.py</a>.*
**Installing**
```
pip install django-smart-proxy
```
Usage
=====
1. Add ```smart_proxy``` to ```INSTALLED_APPS``` in your ```settings.py```.
**Example**
```python
INSTALLED_APPS = (
...,
'smart_proxy',
...,
)
```
2. Add a ```SMART_PROXIES``` dictionary to ```settings.py``` to configure an arbitrary number of proxies.
**Example**
```python
SMART_PROXIES = {
'instagram': {
'host_endpoint': 'https://api.instagram.com/v1/',
'allowed_methods': ('get', 'put', 'post', 'delete',),
'timeout': 60.0,
},
'twitter': {
'host_endpoint': 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/',
'allowed_methods': ('get', 'put', 'post', 'delete',),
'timeout': 60.0,
'request_decorators': (
'channel.apps.twitter_auth.utils.append_authorization_header',
),
},
}
```
3. Edit your ```urls.py``` to configure a root URL mapping for the proxies.
**Example**
```python
urlpatterns = patterns(
...,
url(r'^proxy/', include('smart_proxy.urls')),
...,
)
```
4. If applicable, provide an implementation for your request decorators.
**Example**
```python
from django.conf import settings
from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1
def append_authorization_header(request, session):
"""
This function decorates requests to the Twitter proxy with a
signed oauth-compliant Authorization header.
"""
client_key = getattr(settings, 'SOCIAL_AUTH_TWITTER_KEY', None)
client_secret = getattr(settings, 'SOCIAL_AUTH_TWITTER_SECRET', None)
if client_key and client_secret:
request.auth = OAuth1(
client_key,
client_secret=client_secret,
resource_owner_key=session.get('twitter_oauth_token'),
resource_owner_secret=session.get('twitter_oauth_token_secret'))
return request
```
5. You're Done!
In this example, your proxies will be available at ```/proxy/instagram/``` and ```/proxy/twitter/``` respectively.
