function csrfSafeMethod(method) { // these HTTP methods do not require CSRF protection return (/^(GET|HEAD|OPTIONS|TRACE)$/.test(method)); } function sameOrigin(url) { // test that a given url is a same-origin URL // url could be relative or scheme relative or absolute var host = document.location.host; // host + port var protocol = document.location.protocol; var sr_origin = '//' + host; var origin = protocol + sr_origin; // Allow absolute or scheme relative URLs to same origin return (url == origin || url.slice(0, origin.length + 1) == origin + '/') || (url == sr_origin || url.slice(0, sr_origin.length + 1) == sr_origin + '/') || // or any other URL that isn't scheme relative or absolute i.e relative. !(/^(\/\/|http:|https:).*/.test(url)); } $.ajaxSetup({ beforeSend: function(xhr, settings) { if (!csrfSafeMethod(settings.type) && sameOrigin(settings.url)) { // Send the token to same-origin, relative URLs only. // Send the token only if the method warrants CSRF protection // Using the CSRFToken value acquired earlier var csrftoken = $.cookie('csrftoken'); xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", csrftoken); } } });