middleware.py

from django import http

try:
    from django.conf import settings
    XS_SHARING_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = settings.XS_SHARING_ALLOWED_ORIGINS
    XS_SHARING_ALLOWED_METHODS = settings.XS_SHARING_ALLOWED_METHODS
except:
    XS_SHARING_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = '*'
    XS_SHARING_ALLOWED_METHODS = ['POST', 'GET', 'OPTIONS', 'PUT', 'DELETE']


class XsSharing(object):
    """
        This middleware allows cross-domain XHR using the html5 postMessage API


        Access-Control-Allow-Origin: http://foo.example
        Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST, GET, OPTIONS, PUT, DELETE
    """
    def process_request(self, request):

        if 'HTTP_ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD' in request.META:
            response = http.HttpResponse()
            response['Access-Control-Allow-Origin'] = XS_SHARING_ALLOWED_ORIGINS
            response['Access-Control-Allow-Methods'] = ",".join(XS_SHARING_ALLOWED_METHODS)

            return response

        return None

    def process_response(self, request, response):
        # Avoid unnecessary work
        if response.has_header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin'):
            return response

        response['Access-Control-Allow-Origin'] = XS_SHARING_ALLOWED_ORIGINS
        response['Access-Control-Allow-Methods'] = ",".join(XS_SHARING_ALLOWED_METHODS)

        return response