A first very basic import.

Contains basic functionality, and an import of most of the static content
from the old site.

There is still plenty more to do...

pgweb/util/middleware.py

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+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse
+
+# Use thread local storage to pass the username down. 
+# http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/CookBookThreadlocalsAndUser
+try:
+    from threading import local, currentThread
+except ImportError:
+    from django.utils._threading_local import local
+
+_thread_locals = local()
+def get_current_user():
+	return getattr(_thread_locals, 'user', None)
+
+
+# General middleware for all middleware functionality specific to the pgweb
+# project.
+class PgMiddleware(object):
+	def process_view(self, request, view_func, view_args, view_kwargs):
+		# We implement the SSL verification in a middleware and not just a decorator, because
+		# if we do it just in a decorator we'd have to add a decorator for each and every
+		# view that *doesn't* require SSL. This is much easier, of course.
+		if view_func.__name__ == '_require_ssl':
+			# This view requires SSL, so check if we have it
+			if not request.is_secure():
+				# May need to deal with ports specified here?
+				return HttpResponseRedirect(request.build_absolute_uri().replace('http://','https://',1))
+		else:
+			# This view must not use SSL, so make sure we don't have it
+			if request.is_secure():
+				return HttpResponseRedirect(request.build_absolute_uri().replace('https://','http://',1))
+
+		return None
+
+# Thread local store for username, see comment at the top of this file
+	def process_request(self, request):
+		_thread_locals.user = getattr(request, 'user', None)
+