Django reverse proxy for graphite

gistfile1.py

# Requirement: httplib2
import httplib2

class Httplib2ProxyMixin(object):
    def _proxy(self, method, uri, body=None):
        assert(method in ("GET", "POST"))
        http = httplib2.Http()
        resp, content = http.request(uri, method,
                            headers={'cache-control': 'no-cache'},
                            body=body)
        httpresponse = HttpResponse(content,
                            content_type=resp["content-type"],
                            status=resp["status"])
        httpresponse["Content-Length"] = resp["content-length"]
        return httpresponse


class GraphiteProxyView(View, Httplib2ProxyMixin):
    def _geturl(self, path):
        return urlparse.urljoin(settings.GRAPHITE_URL, path)

    def get(self, request, path):
        return self._proxy("GET", self._geturl(path))

    def post(self, request, path):
        body = request.POST.urlencode()
        return self._proxy("POST", self._geturl(path), body=body)