import re
from django.utils.text import compress_string
from django.utils.cache import patch_vary_headers

re_accepts_gzip = re.compile(r'\bgzip\b')

class GZipMiddleware(object):
    """
    This middleware compresses content if the browser allows gzip compression.
    It sets the Vary header accordingly, so that caches will base their storage
    on the Accept-Encoding header.
    """
    def process_response(self, request, response):
        patch_vary_headers(response, ('Accept-Encoding',))
        if response.has_header('Content-Encoding'):
            return response

        ae = request.META.get('HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING', '')
        if not re_accepts_gzip.search(ae):
            return response

        response.content = compress_string(response.content)
        response['Content-Encoding'] = 'gzip'
        return response