The nginx documentation points to a reason:
https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#merge_slashes
Note that compression is essential for the correct matching of prefix
> string and regular expression locations. Without it, the
> “//scripts/one.php” request would not match
>
> location /scripts/ { ...
>
I think this much more of a concern with classic web servers that serve up
files from your filesystem directly from the URL..
It also points to a reason why it would be backwards incompatible of Django
to start doing this:
Turning the compression off can become necessary if a URI contains
> base64-encoded names, since base64 uses the “/” character internally.
> However, for security considerations, it is better to avoid turning the
> compression off
>
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 at 19:31, Bjoern Boschman <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> APPEND_SLASH only adds a slash at the end of the path
> I'm more concerned about having multiple slashes in the middle of the path
> I get your point about canonical URLs - I'm just confused why other major
> HTTP servers are handling this different
>
> On Wednesday, 4 March 2020 14:27:19 UTC-5, Adam Johnson wrote:
>>
>> I'd be against this
>>
>> Merging multiple slashes is a way of duplicating canonical URL's for
>> things, something Django actively tries to avoid with APPEND_SLASHES.
>>
>> If you want this functionality you should be able to create it yourself
>> with a custom URL converter or URLPattern subclass.
>>
>> On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 at 14:41, Bjoern Boschman <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'd like to start a discussion about how django handles multiple slashes.
>>> see: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/31319#comment:1
>>>
>>> So far I can confirm that nginx, apache and unix folders handle multiple
>>> slashes the same way (-> they get merged)
>>> What's your (dev) opinion on this?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> B
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