Django HTTP proxy response / proxy view

proxy_response.py

import requests
from django.http import StreamingHttpResponse


class ProxyHttpResponse(StreamingHttpResponse):
    def __init__(self, url, headers=None, **kwargs):
        upstream = requests.get(url, stream=True, headers=headers)

        kwargs.setdefault('content_type', upstream.headers.get('content-type'))
        kwargs.setdefault('status', upstream.status_code)
        kwargs.setdefault('reason', upstream.reason)

        super().__init__(upstream.raw, **kwargs)

        for name, value in upstream.headers.items():
            self[name] = value

views.py

def my_proxy_view(request):
    url = request.GET['url']
    return ProxyHttpResponse(url, headers=request.headers)