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Middleware
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Middleware is a framework of hooks into Django's request/response processing.
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It's a light, low-level "plugin" system for globally altering Django's input
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or output.
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Each middleware component is responsible for doing some specific function. For
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example, Django includes a middleware component,
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:class:`~django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware`, that
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associates users with requests using sessions.
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This document explains how middleware works, how you activate middleware, and
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how to write your own middleware. Django ships with some built-in middleware
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you can use right out of the box. They're documented in the :doc:`built-in
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middleware reference </ref/middleware>`.
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Activating middleware
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=====================
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To activate a middleware component, add it to the
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:setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES` tuple in your Django settings.
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In :setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`, each middleware component is represented by
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a string: the full Python path to the middleware's class name. For example,
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here's the default value created by :djadmin:`django-admin.py startproject
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<startproject>`::
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MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
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'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
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'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
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'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
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'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
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'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
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'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
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)
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A Django installation doesn't require any middleware —
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:setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES` can be empty, if you'd like — but it's strongly
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suggested that you at least use
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:class:`~django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware`.
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The order in :setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES` matters because a middleware can
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depend on other middleware. For instance,
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:class:`~django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware` stores the
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authenticated user in the session; therefore, it must run after
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:class:`~django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware`. See
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:ref:`middleware-ordering` for some common hints about ordering of Django
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middleware classes.
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Hooks and application order
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===========================
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During the request phase, before calling the view, Django applies middleware
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in the order it's defined in :setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`, top-down. Two
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hooks are available:
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* :meth:`process_request`
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* :meth:`process_view`
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During the response phase, after calling the view, middleware are applied in
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reverse order, from the bottom up. Three hooks are available:
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* :meth:`process_exception` (only if the view raised an exception)
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* :meth:`process_template_response` (only for template responses)
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* :meth:`process_response`
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.. image:: _images/middleware.*
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:alt: middleware application order
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:width: 481
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:height: 409
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If you prefer, you can also think of it like an onion: each middleware class
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is a "layer" that wraps the view.
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The behavior of each hook is described below.
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Writing your own middleware
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===========================
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Writing your own middleware is easy. Each middleware component is a single
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Python class that defines one or more of the following methods:
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.. _request-middleware:
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``process_request``
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-------------------
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.. method:: process_request(request)
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``request`` is an :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` object.
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``process_request()`` is called on each request, before Django decides which
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view to execute.
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It should return either ``None`` or an :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse`
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object. If it returns ``None``, Django will continue processing this request,
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executing any other ``process_request()`` middleware, then, ``process_view()``
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middleware, and finally, the appropriate view. If it returns an
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:class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` object, Django won't bother calling any
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other request, view or exception middleware, or the appropriate view; it'll
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apply response middleware to that :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse`, and
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return the result.
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.. _view-middleware:
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``process_view``
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----------------
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.. method:: process_view(request, view_func, view_args, view_kwargs)
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``request`` is an :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` object. ``view_func`` is
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the Python function that Django is about to use. (It's the actual function
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object, not the name of the function as a string.) ``view_args`` is a list of
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positional arguments that will be passed to the view, and ``view_kwargs`` is a
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dictionary of keyword arguments that will be passed to the view. Neither
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``view_args`` nor ``view_kwargs`` include the first view argument
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(``request``).
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``process_view()`` is called just before Django calls the view.
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It should return either ``None`` or an :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse`
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object. If it returns ``None``, Django will continue processing this request,
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executing any other ``process_view()`` middleware and, then, the appropriate
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view. If it returns an :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` object, Django won't
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bother calling any other view or exception middleware, or the appropriate
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view; it'll apply response middleware to that
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:class:`~django.http.HttpResponse`, and return the result.
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.. note::
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Accessing :attr:`request.POST <django.http.HttpRequest.POST>` or
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:attr:`request.REQUEST <django.http.HttpRequest.REQUEST>` inside middleware
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from ``process_request`` or ``process_view`` will prevent any view running
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after the middleware from being able to :ref:`modify the upload handlers
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for the request <modifying_upload_handlers_on_the_fly>`, and should
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normally be avoided.
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The :class:`~django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware` class can be
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considered an exception, as it provides the
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:func:`~django.views.decorators.csrf.csrf_exempt` and
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:func:`~django.views.decorators.csrf.csrf_protect` decorators which allow
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views to explicitly control at what point the CSRF validation should occur.
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.. _template-response-middleware:
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``process_template_response``
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-----------------------------
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.. method:: process_template_response(request, response)
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``request`` is an :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` object. ``response`` is
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the :class:`~django.template.response.TemplateResponse` object (or equivalent)
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returned by a Django view or by a middleware.
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``process_template_response()`` is called just after the view has finished
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executing, if the response instance has a ``render()`` method, indicating that
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it is a :class:`~django.template.response.TemplateResponse` or equivalent.
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It must return a response object that implements a ``render`` method. It could
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alter the given ``response`` by changing ``response.template_name`` and
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``response.context_data``, or it could create and return a brand-new
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:class:`~django.template.response.TemplateResponse` or equivalent.
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You don't need to explicitly render responses -- responses will be
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automatically rendered once all template response middleware has been
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called.
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Middleware are run in reverse order during the response phase, which
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includes ``process_template_response()``.
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.. _response-middleware:
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``process_response``
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--------------------
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.. method:: process_response(request, response)
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``request`` is an :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` object. ``response`` is
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the :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` or
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:class:`~django.http.StreamingHttpResponse` object returned by a Django view
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or by a middleware.
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``process_response()`` is called on all responses before they're returned to
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the browser.
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It must return an :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` or
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:class:`~django.http.StreamingHttpResponse` object. It could alter the given
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``response``, or it could create and return a brand-new
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:class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` or
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:class:`~django.http.StreamingHttpResponse`.
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Unlike the ``process_request()`` and ``process_view()`` methods, the
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``process_response()`` method is always called, even if the
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``process_request()`` and ``process_view()`` methods of the same middleware
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class were skipped (because an earlier middleware method returned an
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:class:`~django.http.HttpResponse`). In particular, this means that your
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``process_response()`` method cannot rely on setup done in
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``process_request()``.
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Finally, remember that during the response phase, middleware are applied in
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reverse order, from the bottom up. This means classes defined at the end of
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:setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES` will be run first.
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Dealing with streaming responses
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Unlike :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse`,
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:class:`~django.http.StreamingHttpResponse` does not have a ``content``
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attribute. As a result, middleware can no longer assume that all responses
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will have a ``content`` attribute. If they need access to the content, they
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must test for streaming responses and adjust their behavior accordingly::
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if response.streaming:
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response.streaming_content = wrap_streaming_content(response.streaming_content)
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else:
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response.content = alter_content(response.content)
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.. note::
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``streaming_content`` should be assumed to be too large to hold in memory.
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Response middleware may wrap it in a new generator, but must not consume
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it. Wrapping is typically implemented as follows::
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def wrap_streaming_content(content)
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for chunk in content:
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yield alter_content(chunk)
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.. _exception-middleware:
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``process_exception``
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---------------------
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.. method:: process_exception(request, exception)
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``request`` is an :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` object. ``exception`` is an
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``Exception`` object raised by the view function.
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Django calls ``process_exception()`` when a view raises an exception.
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``process_exception()`` should return either ``None`` or an
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:class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` object. If it returns an
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:class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` object, the template response and response
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middleware will be applied, and the resulting response returned to the
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browser. Otherwise, default exception handling kicks in.
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Again, middleware are run in reverse order during the response phase, which
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includes ``process_exception``. If an exception middleware returns a response,
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the middleware classes above that middleware will not be called at all.
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``__init__``
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------------
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Most middleware classes won't need an initializer since middleware classes are
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essentially placeholders for the ``process_*`` methods. If you do need some
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global state you may use ``__init__`` to set up. However, keep in mind a couple
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of caveats:
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* Django initializes your middleware without any arguments, so you can't
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define ``__init__`` as requiring any arguments.
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* Unlike the ``process_*`` methods which get called once per request,
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``__init__`` gets called only *once*, when the Web server responds to the
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first request.
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Marking middleware as unused
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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It's sometimes useful to determine at run-time whether a piece of middleware
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should be used. In these cases, your middleware's ``__init__`` method may
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raise :exc:`django.core.exceptions.MiddlewareNotUsed`. Django will then remove
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that piece of middleware from the middleware process.
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Guidelines
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----------
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* Middleware classes don't have to subclass anything.
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* The middleware class can live anywhere on your Python path. All Django
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cares about is that the :setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES` setting includes
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the path to it.
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* Feel free to look at :doc:`Django's available middleware
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</ref/middleware>` for examples.
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* If you write a middleware component that you think would be useful to
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other people, contribute to the community! :doc:`Let us know
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</internals/contributing/index>`, and we'll consider adding it to Django.
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