Add Middleware to remove slashes

whispermaphone/middleware.py

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import re
+
+from django import http
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.urls import is_valid_path
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
+
+
+class RemoveSlashMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        if getattr(settings, "APPEND_SLASH") and getattr(settings, "REMOVE_SLASH"):
+            raise ImproperlyConfigured("APPEND_SLASH and REMOVE_SLASH may not both be True.")
+
+        old_url = request.path_info # path_info only includes path, query information
+        if getattr(settings, "REMOVE_SLASH", False) and old_url[-1] == "/":
+            urlconf = getattr(request, "urlconf", None)
+
+            new_url = old_url[:-1]
+
+            # If the url with a / would 404 and without a slash wouldn't
+            if (not is_valid_path(old_url, urlconf)) and is_valid_path(new_url, urlconf):
+                if settings.DEBUG and request.method == "POST":
+                    if old_url.startswith("/api/"):
+                        return api.error("You made a POST request to a URL ending with a slash. Please repeat your request without the slash.")
+
+                    raise RuntimeError(""
+                        "You called this URL via POST, but the URL ends in a "
+                        "slash and you have REMOVE_SLASH set. Django can't "
+                        "redirect to the non-slash URL while maintaining POST "
+                        f"data. Change your form to point to {new_url} (without a "
+                        "trailing slash), or set REMOVE_SLASH=False in your "
+                        "Django settings.")
+
+                # The ? and everything after
+                query_data = re.match(r"^[^?]*(\?.*)?$", request.build_absolute_uri()).group(1) or ""
+
+                return http.HttpResponsePermanentRedirect(new_url + query_data)

whispermaphone/settings.py

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
+    "whispermaphone.middleware.RemoveSlashMiddleware",
 ]
 
 CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = False
@@ -113,6 +114,8 @@ USE_L10N = True
 
 USE_TZ = True
 
+APPEND_SLASH = False
+REMOVE_SLASH = True
 
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/static-files/