Append OR remove slash in django - like APPEND_SLASH but smarter.

slash_middleware.py

from django import http
from django.utils.http import urlquote
from django import urls
from django.conf import settings
from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin


class AppendOrRemoveSlashMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
    """Like django's built in APPEND_SLASH functionality, but also works in
    reverse. Eg. will remove the slash if a slash-appended url won't resolve,
    but its non-slashed counterpart will.

    Additionally, if a 404 error is raised within a view for a non-slashed url,
    and APPEND_SLASH is True, and the slash-appended url resolves, the
    middleware will redirect. (The default APPEND_SLASH behaviour only catches
    Resolver404, so wouldn't work in this case.)

    See gregbrown.co.nz/code/append-or-remove-slash/ for more information."""

    def process_request(self, request):
        """Returns a redirect if adding/removing a slash is appropriate. This
        works in the same way as the default APPEND_SLASH behaviour but in
        either direction."""

        # check if the url is valid
        urlconf = getattr(request, 'urlconf', None)
        if not _is_valid_path(request.path_info, urlconf):
            # if not, check if adding/removing the trailing slash helps
            if request.path_info.endswith('/'):
                new_path = request.path_info[:-1]
            else:
                new_path = request.path_info + '/'

            if _is_valid_path(new_path, urlconf):
                # if the new url is valid, redirect to it
                return http.HttpResponsePermanentRedirect(
                    generate_url(request, new_path))

    def process_response(self, request, response):
        """If a 404 is raised within a view, try appending/removing the slash
        (based on the  setting) and redirecting if the new url is
        valid."""

        if response.status_code == 404:
            if not request.path_info.endswith('/') and settings.APPEND_SLASH:
                new_path = request.path_info + '/'
            elif request.path_info.endswith('/') and not settings.APPEND_SLASH:
                new_path = request.path_info[:-1]
            else:
                new_path = None

            if new_path:
                urlconf = getattr(request, 'urlconf', None)
                if _is_valid_path(new_path, urlconf):
                    return http.HttpResponsePermanentRedirect(
                        generate_url(request, new_path))
        return response


def generate_url(request, path):
    if request.get_host():
        new_url = "%s://%s%s" % (request.is_secure() and 'https' or 'http',
                                 request.get_host(),
                                 urlquote(path))
    else:
        new_url = urlquote(path)
    if request.GET:
        new_url += '?' + request.META['QUERY_STRING']
    return new_url


def _is_valid_path(path, urlconf=None):
    """
    Returns True if the given path resolves against the default URL resolver,
    False otherwise.
    """
    try:
        urls.resolve(path, urlconf)
        return True
    except urls.Resolver404:
        return False

Just what I needed. Thanks.

thank you soo much

This is just what we needed. Thank you!

Thanks man!!!

How to implement it.

from django.utils.http import urlquote
ImportError: cannot import name 'urlquote' from 'django.utils.http' (C:\Python311\Lib\site-packages\django\utils\http.py)

I am getting such error

@dhrubkumar50 just use from urllib.parse import quote instead of urlquote.