views.redirect don't handle FIRST_URL_BLACKLIST

virtualenv/pffedportal/base/views.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import urlparse
 import syslog
+import re
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.contrib import messages
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 import django.contrib.auth
 
 from authentic2.authsaml2.utils import register_next_target
@@ -22,6 +24,11 @@ from django.core.mail import send_mail
 
 def redirect302(request):
     next_url = 'http://' + request.META['HTTP_HOST'] + request.META['REQUEST_URI']
+    # don't redirect to login page if URL is not really a web page,
+    # so don't create a sessiona and just stop here
+    for bl in settings.FIRST_URL_BLACKLIST:
+        if re.match(bl, next_url):
+            return HttpResponse("eduspot", content_type="text/plain", status=503)
     return redirect('https://%s/login?next_url=%s' % (settings.HTTPS_HOSTNAME, next_url))
 
 def index(request):

virtualenv/pffedportal/settings.py

@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ try:
 except:
     REDIRECT_URL = None
 
+# don't handle these URLs
+try:
+    firsturlbl = root.find('installedpackages/univnautes/config/firsturlbl').text.decode('base64').decode('iso-8859-1').splitlines()
+    FIRST_URL_BLACKLIST = [ u for u in firsturlbl if not re.match('^\s*($|#)', u) ]
+except:
+    FIRST_URL_BLACKLIST = []
+
 # /mail form
 try:
     EMAIL_RCPT = root.find('installedpackages/univnautestexts/config/email_rcpt').text