# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*- # Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Bastian Kleineidam # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. """ Helper functions dealing with HTTP headers. """ DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS = 300 def has_header_value (headers, name, value): """ Look in headers for a specific header name and value. Both name and value are case insensitive. @return: True if header name and value are found @rtype: bool """ name = name.lower() value = value.lower() for hname, hvalue in headers: if hname.lower()==name and hvalue.lower()==value: return True return False def http_persistent (response): """ See if the HTTP connection can be kept open according the the header values found in the response object. @param response: response instance @type response: httplib.HTTPResponse @return: True if connection is persistent @rtype: bool """ headers = response.getheaders() if response.version == 11: return not has_header_value(headers, 'Connection', 'Close') return has_header_value(headers, "Connection", "Keep-Alive") def http_timeout (response): """ Get HTTP timeout value, either from the Keep-Alive header or a default value. @param response: response instance @type response: httplib.HTTPResponse @return: timeout @rtype: int """ timeout = response.getheader("Keep-Alive") if timeout is not None: try: timeout = int(timeout[8:].strip()) except ValueError: timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS else: timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS return timeout def get_content_type (headers): """ Get the MIME type from the Content-Type header value, or 'application/octet-stream' if not found. @return: MIME type @rtype: string """ ptype = headers.get('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream') if ";" in ptype: # split off not needed extension info ptype = ptype.split(';')[0] return ptype.strip().lower() def get_content_encoding (headers): """ Get the content encoding from the Content-Encoding header value, or an empty string if not found. @return: encoding string @rtype: string """ return headers.get("Content-Encoding", "").strip()