def redirect_to(request, url, permanent=False):
"""
A generic view for redirecting to the provided URL, using a HTTP 200
response with a META-tag based redirect for whitelisted interactive
browsers, and falling back to a 300-class HTTP standard redirect for
non-interactive browers.
:param request: the original HTTP request triggering the response
:type request: :class:`django.http.HttpRequest`
:param url: the URL to redirect to
:type url: :class:`str`
:param permanent: if the redirect is permanent or not. Only used for
non-interactive clients.
:type permanent: :class:`bool`
:returns: an HTTP response
:rtype: :class:`django.http.HttpResponse` or derived class
"""
if is_interactive_user_agent(request):
return templated_redirect_response(url)
else:
if permanent:
response_cls = HttpResponsePermanentRedirect
else:
response_cls = HttpResponseRedirect
return response_cls(url)
def test_no_user_agent(self):
request = self.get_request_for_user_agent(None)
self.assertFalse(is_interactive_user_agent(request))
def test_noninteractive_user_agents(self):
for agent in self.NONINTERACTIVE_USER_AGENTS:
request = self.get_request_for_user_agent(agent)
self.assertFalse(is_interactive_user_agent(request))
def test_no_user_agent(self):
request = self.get_request_for_user_agent(None)
self.assertFalse(is_interactive_user_agent(request))
def test_noninteractive_user_agents(self):
for agent in self.NONINTERACTIVE_USER_AGENTS:
request = self.get_request_for_user_agent(agent)
self.assertFalse(is_interactive_user_agent(request))
