Synnefo

from django import http

from django.conf import settings

from django.utils.translation import activate, to_locale

from django.utils.translation import check_for_language, get_language

def set_language(request):

    """

    Django's set_language function adapted to serve GET instead of POST

    """

    next = request.REQUEST.get('next', None)

    if not next:

        next = request.META.get('HTTP_REFERER', None)

    if not next:

        next = '/'

    response = http.HttpResponseRedirect(next)

    if request.method == 'GET':

        lang_code = request.GET.get('l', None)

        if lang_code and check_for_language(lang_code):

            if hasattr(request, 'session'):

                request.session['django_language'] = lang_code

            else:

                response.set_cookie(settings.LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME, lang_code)

    return response