Fixed #717 - If-Modified-Since handling should compare dates according to RFC 2616

Thanks to Maniac for the report, julienb for the initial patch, and
especially to aaugustin for the final patch and tests.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@15696 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/middleware/http.py

 from django.core.exceptions import MiddlewareNotUsed
-from django.utils.http import http_date
+from django.utils.http import http_date, parse_http_date_safe
 
 class ConditionalGetMiddleware(object):
     """
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class ConditionalGetMiddleware(object):
             response['Content-Length'] = str(len(response.content))
 
         if response.has_header('ETag'):
-            if_none_match = request.META.get('HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH', None)
+            if_none_match = request.META.get('HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH')
             if if_none_match == response['ETag']:
                 # Setting the status is enough here. The response handling path
                 # automatically removes content for this status code (in
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@ class ConditionalGetMiddleware(object):
                 response.status_code = 304
 
         if response.has_header('Last-Modified'):
-            if_modified_since = request.META.get('HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE', None)
-            if if_modified_since == response['Last-Modified']:
-                # Setting the status code is enough here (same reasons as
-                # above).
-                response.status_code = 304
+            if_modified_since = request.META.get('HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE')
+            if if_modified_since is not None:
+                if_modified_since = parse_http_date_safe(if_modified_since)
+            if if_modified_since is not None:
+                last_modified = parse_http_date_safe(response['Last-Modified'])
+                if last_modified is not None and last_modified <= if_modified_since:
+                    # Setting the status code is enough here (same reasons as
+                    # above).
+                    response.status_code = 304
 
         return response

django/utils/http.py

+import calendar
+import datetime
 import re
 import sys
 import urllib
@@ -8,6 +10,17 @@ from django.utils.functional import allow_lazy
 
 ETAG_MATCH = re.compile(r'(?:W/)?"((?:\\.|[^"])*)"')
 
+MONTHS = 'jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec'.split()
+__D = r'(?P<day>\d{2})'
+__D2 = r'(?P<day>[ \d]\d)'
+__M = r'(?P<mon>\w{3})'
+__Y = r'(?P<year>\d{4})'
+__Y2 = r'(?P<year>\d{2})'
+__T = r'(?P<hour>\d{2}):(?P<min>\d{2}):(?P<sec>\d{2})'
+RFC1123_DATE = re.compile(r'^\w{3}, %s %s %s %s GMT$' % (__D, __M, __Y, __T))
+RFC850_DATE = re.compile(r'^\w{6,9}, %s-%s-%s %s GMT$' % (__D, __M, __Y2, __T))
+ASCTIME_DATE = re.compile(r'^\w{3} %s %s %s %s$' % (__M, __D2, __T, __Y))
+
 def urlquote(url, safe='/'):
     """
     A version of Python's urllib.quote() function that can operate on unicode
@@ -70,6 +83,48 @@ def http_date(epoch_seconds=None):
     rfcdate = formatdate(epoch_seconds)
     return '%s GMT' % rfcdate[:25]
 
+def parse_http_date(date):
+    """
+    Parses a date format as specified by HTTP RFC2616 section 3.3.1.
+
+    The three formats allowed by the RFC are accepted, even if only the first
+    one is still in widespread use.
+
+    Returns an floating point number expressed in seconds since the epoch, in
+    UTC.
+    """
+    # emails.Util.parsedate does the job for RFC1123 dates; unfortunately
+    # RFC2616 makes it mandatory to support RFC850 dates too. So we roll
+    # our own RFC-compliant parsing.
+    for regex in RFC1123_DATE, RFC850_DATE, ASCTIME_DATE:
+        m = regex.match(date)
+        if m is not None:
+            break
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("%r is not in a valid HTTP date format" % date)
+    try:
+        year = int(m.group('year'))
+        if year < 100:
+            year += 2000 if year < 70 else 1900
+        month = MONTHS.index(m.group('mon').lower()) + 1
+        day = int(m.group('day'))
+        hour = int(m.group('hour'))
+        min = int(m.group('min'))
+        sec = int(m.group('sec'))
+        result = datetime.datetime(year, month, day, hour, min, sec)
+        return calendar.timegm(result.utctimetuple())
+    except Exception:
+        raise ValueError("%r is not a valid date" % date)
+
+def parse_http_date_safe(date):
+    """
+    Same as parse_http_date, but returns None if the input is invalid.
+    """
+    try:
+        return parse_http_date(date)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
 # Base 36 functions: useful for generating compact URLs
 
 def base36_to_int(s):

django/views/decorators/http.py

@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ except ImportError:
 
 from calendar import timegm
 from datetime import timedelta
-from email.Utils import formatdate
 
 from django.utils.decorators import decorator_from_middleware, available_attrs
-from django.utils.http import parse_etags, quote_etag
+from django.utils.http import http_date, parse_http_date_safe, parse_etags, quote_etag
 from django.utils.log import getLogger
 from django.middleware.http import ConditionalGetMiddleware
 from django.http import HttpResponseNotAllowed, HttpResponseNotModified, HttpResponse
@@ -79,6 +78,8 @@ def condition(etag_func=None, last_modified_func=None):
         def inner(request, *args, **kwargs):
             # Get HTTP request headers
             if_modified_since = request.META.get("HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE")
+            if if_modified_since:
+                if_modified_since = parse_http_date_safe(if_modified_since)
             if_none_match = request.META.get("HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH")
             if_match = request.META.get("HTTP_IF_MATCH")
             if if_none_match or if_match:
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ def condition(etag_func=None, last_modified_func=None):
             if last_modified_func:
                 dt = last_modified_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
                 if dt:
-                    res_last_modified = formatdate(timegm(dt.utctimetuple()))[:26] + 'GMT'
+                    res_last_modified = timegm(dt.utctimetuple())
                 else:
                     res_last_modified = None
             else:
@@ -116,7 +117,8 @@ def condition(etag_func=None, last_modified_func=None):
                 if ((if_none_match and (res_etag in etags or
                         "*" in etags and res_etag)) and
                         (not if_modified_since or
-                            res_last_modified == if_modified_since)):
+                            (res_last_modified and if_modified_since and
+                            res_last_modified <= if_modified_since))):
                     if request.method in ("GET", "HEAD"):
                         response = HttpResponseNotModified()
                     else:
@@ -136,9 +138,9 @@ def condition(etag_func=None, last_modified_func=None):
                         }
                     )
                     response = HttpResponse(status=412)
-                elif (not if_none_match and if_modified_since and
-                        request.method == "GET" and
-                        res_last_modified == if_modified_since):
+                elif (not if_none_match and request.method == "GET" and
+                        res_last_modified and if_modified_since and
+                        res_last_modified <= if_modified_since):
                     response = HttpResponseNotModified()
 
             if response is None:
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ def condition(etag_func=None, last_modified_func=None):
 
             # Set relevant headers on the response if they don't already exist.
             if res_last_modified and not response.has_header('Last-Modified'):
-                response['Last-Modified'] = res_last_modified
+                response['Last-Modified'] = http_date(res_last_modified)
             if res_etag and not response.has_header('ETag'):
                 response['ETag'] = quote_etag(res_etag)
 

django/views/static.py

@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ import posixpath
 import re
 import stat
 import urllib
-from email.Utils import parsedate_tz, mktime_tz
 
 from django.template import loader
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseNotModified
 from django.template import Template, Context, TemplateDoesNotExist
-from django.utils.http import http_date
+from django.utils.http import http_date, parse_http_date
 
 def serve(request, path, document_root=None, show_indexes=False):
     """
@@ -128,10 +127,7 @@ def was_modified_since(header=None, mtime=0, size=0):
             raise ValueError
         matches = re.match(r"^([^;]+)(; length=([0-9]+))?$", header,
                            re.IGNORECASE)
-        header_date = parsedate_tz(matches.group(1))
-        if header_date is None:
-            raise ValueError
-        header_mtime = mktime_tz(header_date)
+        header_mtime = parse_http_date(matches.group(1))
         header_len = matches.group(3)
         if header_len and int(header_len) != size:
             raise ValueError

tests/regressiontests/conditional_processing/models.py

 # -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from calendar import timegm
+from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.test import TestCase
-from django.utils.http import parse_etags, quote_etag
+from django.utils import unittest
+from django.utils.http import parse_etags, quote_etag, parse_http_date
 
 FULL_RESPONSE = 'Test conditional get response'
 LAST_MODIFIED = datetime(2007, 10, 21, 23, 21, 47)
 LAST_MODIFIED_STR = 'Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:21:47 GMT'
+LAST_MODIFIED_NEWER_STR = 'Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:56:23 GMT'
+LAST_MODIFIED_INVALID_STR = 'Mon, 32 Oct 2010 16:56:23 GMT'
 EXPIRED_LAST_MODIFIED_STR = 'Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:21:47 GMT'
 ETAG = 'b4246ffc4f62314ca13147c9d4f76974'
 EXPIRED_ETAG = '7fae4cd4b0f81e7d2914700043aa8ed6'
 
+
 class ConditionalGet(TestCase):
     def assertFullResponse(self, response, check_last_modified=True, check_etag=True):
         self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 200)
@@ -33,6 +36,12 @@ class ConditionalGet(TestCase):
         self.client.defaults['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'] = LAST_MODIFIED_STR
         response = self.client.get('/condition/')
         self.assertNotModified(response)
+        self.client.defaults['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'] = LAST_MODIFIED_NEWER_STR
+        response = self.client.get('/condition/')
+        self.assertNotModified(response)
+        self.client.defaults['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'] = LAST_MODIFIED_INVALID_STR
+        response = self.client.get('/condition/')
+        self.assertFullResponse(response)
         self.client.defaults['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'] = EXPIRED_LAST_MODIFIED_STR
         response = self.client.get('/condition/')
         self.assertFullResponse(response)
@@ -118,7 +127,7 @@ class ConditionalGet(TestCase):
         self.assertFullResponse(response, check_last_modified=False)
 
 
-class ETagProcesing(TestCase):
+class ETagProcessing(unittest.TestCase):
     def testParsing(self):
         etags = parse_etags(r'"", "etag", "e\"t\"ag", "e\\tag", W/"weak"')
         self.assertEquals(etags, ['', 'etag', 'e"t"ag', r'e\tag', 'weak'])
@@ -126,3 +135,20 @@ class ETagProcesing(TestCase):
     def testQuoting(self):
         quoted_etag = quote_etag(r'e\t"ag')
         self.assertEquals(quoted_etag, r'"e\\t\"ag"')
+
+
+class HttpDateProcessing(unittest.TestCase):
+    def testParsingRfc1123(self):
+        parsed = parse_http_date('Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT')
+        self.assertEqual(datetime.utcfromtimestamp(parsed),
+                         datetime(1994, 11, 06, 8, 49, 37))
+
+    def testParsingRfc850(self):
+        parsed = parse_http_date('Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT')
+        self.assertEqual(datetime.utcfromtimestamp(parsed),
+                         datetime(1994, 11, 06, 8, 49, 37))
+
+    def testParsingAsctime(self):
+        parsed = parse_http_date('Sun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994')
+        self.assertEqual(datetime.utcfromtimestamp(parsed),
+                         datetime(1994, 11, 06, 8, 49, 37))

tests/regressiontests/middleware/tests.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.middleware.common import CommonMiddleware
+from django.middleware.http import ConditionalGetMiddleware
 from django.test import TestCase
 
 
@@ -247,3 +248,89 @@ class CommonMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
       self.assertEquals(r.status_code, 301)
       self.assertEquals(r['Location'],
                         'http://www.testserver/middleware/customurlconf/slash/')
+
+class ConditionalGetMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
+    urls = 'regressiontests.middleware.cond_get_urls'
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.req = HttpRequest()
+        self.req.META = {
+            'SERVER_NAME': 'testserver',
+            'SERVER_PORT': 80,
+        }
+        self.req.path = self.req.path_info = "/"
+        self.resp = self.client.get(self.req.path)
+
+    # Tests for the Date header
+
+    def test_date_header_added(self):
+        self.assertFalse('Date' in self.resp)
+        self.resp = ConditionalGetMiddleware().process_response(self.req, self.resp)
+        self.assertTrue('Date' in self.resp)
+
+    # Tests for the Content-Length header
+
+    def test_content_length_header_added(self):
+        content_length = len(self.resp.content)
+        self.assertFalse('Content-Length' in self.resp)
+        self.resp = ConditionalGetMiddleware().process_response(self.req, self.resp)
+        self.assertTrue('Content-Length' in self.resp)
+        self.assertEqual(int(self.resp['Content-Length']), content_length)
+
+    def test_content_length_header_not_changed(self):
+        bad_content_length = len(self.resp.content) + 10
+        self.resp['Content-Length'] = bad_content_length
+        self.resp = ConditionalGetMiddleware().process_response(self.req, self.resp)
+        self.assertEqual(int(self.resp['Content-Length']), bad_content_length)
+
+    # Tests for the ETag header
+
+    def test_if_none_match_and_no_etag(self):
+        self.req.META['HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH'] = 'spam'
+        self.resp = ConditionalGetMiddleware().process_response(self.req, self.resp)
+        self.assertEquals(self.resp.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_no_if_none_match_and_etag(self):
+        self.resp['ETag'] = 'eggs'
+        self.resp = ConditionalGetMiddleware().process_response(self.req, self.resp)
+        self.assertEquals(self.resp.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_if_none_match_and_same_etag(self):
+        self.req.META['HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH'] = self.resp['ETag'] = 'spam'
+        self.resp = ConditionalGetMiddleware().process_response(self.req, self.resp)
+        self.assertEquals(self.resp.status_code, 304)
+
+    def test_if_none_match_and_different_etag(self):
+        self.req.META['HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH'] = 'spam'
+        self.resp['ETag'] = 'eggs'
+        self.resp = ConditionalGetMiddleware().process_response(self.req, self.resp)
+        self.assertEquals(self.resp.status_code, 200)
+
+    # Tests for the Last-Modified header
+
+    def test_if_modified_since_and_no_last_modified(self):
+        self.req.META['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'] = 'Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:38:44 GMT'
+        self.resp = ConditionalGetMiddleware().process_response(self.req, self.resp)
+        self.assertEquals(self.resp.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_no_if_modified_since_and_last_modified(self):
+        self.resp['Last-Modified'] = 'Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:38:44 GMT'
+        self.resp = ConditionalGetMiddleware().process_response(self.req, self.resp)
+        self.assertEquals(self.resp.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_if_modified_since_and_same_last_modified(self):
+        self.req.META['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'] = 'Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:38:44 GMT'
+        self.resp['Last-Modified'] = 'Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:38:44 GMT'
+        self.resp = ConditionalGetMiddleware().process_response(self.req, self.resp)
+        self.assertEquals(self.resp.status_code, 304)
+
+    def test_if_modified_since_and_last_modified_in_the_past(self):
+        self.req.META['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'] = 'Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:38:44 GMT'
+        self.resp['Last-Modified'] = 'Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:35:44 GMT'
+        self.resp = ConditionalGetMiddleware().process_response(self.req, self.resp)
+        self.assertEquals(self.resp.status_code, 304)
+
+    def test_if_modified_since_and_last_modified_in_the_future(self):
+        self.req.META['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'] = 'Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:38:44 GMT'
+        self.resp['Last-Modified'] = 'Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:41:44 GMT'
+        self.resp = ConditionalGetMiddleware().process_response(self.req, self.resp)
+        self.assertEquals(self.resp.status_code, 200)

tests/regressiontests/views/tests/static.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class StaticTests(TestCase):
         file_name = 'file.txt'
         response = self.client.get(
             '/views/%s/%s' % (self.prefix, file_name),
-            HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE='Mon, 18 Jan 2038 05:14:07 UTC'
+            HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE='Mon, 18 Jan 2038 05:14:07 GMT'
             # This is 24h before max Unix time. Remember to fix Django and
             # update this test well before 2038 :)
             )