django-minify-html 1.11.0

django_minify_html.middleware.MinifyHtmlMiddleware

The middleware runs minify_html.minify() on the content of HTML responses. This function minifies HTML, and any inline JavaScript and CSS.

The middleware passes keyword arguments to minify() from its minify_args attribute, a dictionary of names to values. These correspond to the values in the Rust library’s Cfg structure, which have defaults in the Python library as visible in the source. By default the middleware overrides minify_css and minify_js to True. If you need to change an argument, subclass the middleware, replace minify_args, and use your subclass. For example, to preserve comments after minification:

from django_minify_html.middleware import MinifyHtmlMiddleware


class ProjectMinifyHtmlMiddleware(MinifyHtmlMiddleware):
    minify_args = MinifyHtmlMiddleware.minify_args | {
        "keep_comments": True,
    }

(This example uses Python 3.9’s dictionary merge operator.)

The middleware applies to all non-streaming, non-encoded HTML responses. You can skip it on individual views with the @no_html_minification decorator, documented below.

To restrict it more broadly, you can use a subclass with an overriden should_minify() method. This method accepts the request and response, and returns a bool. For example, to avoid minification of URL’s with the URL prefix /admin/:

from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse

from django_minify_html.middleware import MinifyHtmlMiddleware


class ProjectMinifyHtmlMiddleware(MinifyHtmlMiddleware):
    def should_minify(self, request: HttpRequest, response: HttpResponse) -> bool:
        return super().should_minify(request, response) and not request.path.startswith(
            "/admin/"
        )

Note that responses are minified even when DEBUG is True. This is recommended because HTML minification can reveal bugs in your templates, so it’s best to always work with your HTML as it will appear in production. Minified HTML is hard to read with “View Source” - it’s best to rely on the inspector in your browser’s developer tools.

django_minify_html.decorators.no_html_minification

Apply this decorator to views for which you want to skip HTML minification.

from django.shortcuts import render

from django_minify_html.decorators import no_html_minification


@no_html_minification
def example_view(request):
    return render(request, "problematic-template.html")