LP#1409055 Support specific protocols for OpenSRF gateway requests

[opensrf-equinox.git] / src / python / osrf / gateway.py

diff --git a/src/python/osrf/gateway.py b/src/python/osrf/gateway.py
index eda1139..8796ce2 100644 (file)
--- a/src/python/osrf/gateway.py
+++ b/src/python/osrf/gateway.py
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ class GatewayRequest:
     setDefaultHost = staticmethod(setDefaultHost)
 
     def buildURL(self):
+        """
+        Builds the URL for the OpenSRF gateway based on the host and path
+
+        Previous versions of the code assumed that the host would be a bare
+        hostname or IP address, and prepended the http:// protocol. However,
+        to enable more secure communications, now we check for the existence
+        of the HTTP or HTTPS prefix and use that if it has been supplied.
+        """
+
+        if defaultHost.lower().startswith(('http://', 'https://')):
+            return '%s/%s' % (defaultHost, self.path)
+
         return 'http://%s/%s' % (defaultHost, self.path)
 
 class JSONGatewayRequest(GatewayRequest):