source: mauRepo/MolesManager/trunk/cedaMoles/MolesManager/__init__.py @ 8537

import os
def get_application_root_url(request):
    """
        Returns a string reflecting the full URL relative to the actual deployment.
        Looks inside the os.environ dict a key named 'CEDA_MOLES_ROOT_URL'.
        If not found assumes the root path is '/'
        
        **PARAMETERS""
         * `HTTPRequest` **request**:
             a django.HttpRequest 
    """
    root_url = ''
    if os.environ.has_key('CEDA_MOLES_ROOT_URL') \
            and len(os.environ['CEDA_MOLES_ROOT_URL'].strip()) > 0:
        root_url = os.environ['CEDA_MOLES_ROOT_URL']
        return 'http://%s/%s/' %  (request.get_host(), root_url)
    
    return 'http://%s/' %  request.get_host()