Created middleware package. Crated special middleware to handle https requests redirections.

pylons_app/lib/middleware/https_fixup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 b''
+class HttpsFixup(object):
+    def __init__(self, app):
+        self.application = app
+    
+    def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
+        self.__fixup(environ)
+        return self.application(environ, start_response)
+    
+    
+    def __fixup(self, environ):
+        """Function to fixup the environ as needed. In order to use this
+        middleware you should set this header inside your 
+        proxy ie. nginx, apache etc.
+        """
+        proto = environ.get('HTTP_X_URL_SCHEME')
+            
+        if proto == 'https':
+            environ['wsgi.url_scheme'] = proto
+        else:
+            environ['wsgi.url_scheme'] = 'http'
+        return None

pylons_app/config/middleware.py

@@ -7,7 +7,8 b' from paste.deploy.converters import asbo'
 from pylons.middleware import ErrorHandler, StatusCodeRedirect
 from pylons.wsgiapp import PylonsApp
 from routes.middleware import RoutesMiddleware
-from pylons_app.lib.simplehg import SimpleHg
+from pylons_app.lib.middleware.simplehg import SimpleHg
+from pylons_app.lib.middleware.https_fixup import HttpsFixup
 from pylons_app.config.environment import load_environment
 
 def make_app(global_conf, full_stack=True, static_files=True, **app_conf):
@@ -42,6 +43,8 b' def make_app(global_conf, full_stack=Tru'
     app = SessionMiddleware(app, config)
     
     # CUSTOM MIDDLEWARE HERE (filtered by error handling middlewares)    
+    #set the https based on HTTP_X_URL_SCHEME
+    app = HttpsFixup(app)
     app = SimpleHg(app, config)
     
     if asbool(full_stack):

pylons_app/lib/middleware/simplehg.py

@@ -34,8 +34,6 b' class SimpleHg(object):'
         self.authenticate = AuthBasicAuthenticator(realm, authfunc)
         
     def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
-        #dirty fix for https
-        environ['wsgi.url_scheme'] = 'https'
         if not is_mercurial(environ):
             return self.application(environ, start_response)
         else: