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    // CSRF helper function taken directly from Django docs
    function csrfSafeMethod(method) {
        // these HTTP methods do not require CSRF protection
        return (/^(GET|HEAD|OPTIONS|TRACE)$/i.test(method));
    }

    function getCookie(name) {
        var cookieValue = null;
        if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
            var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
            for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
                var cookie = $.trim(cookies[i]);

                if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
                    cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(
                        cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
                }

            }
        }
        return cookieValue;
    }

    // Setup jQuery ajax calls to handle CSRF
    $.ajaxPrefilter(function (settings, originalOptions, xhr) {
        var csrftoken;
        if (!csrfSafeMethod(settings.type) && !this.crossDomain) {
            // Send the token to same-origin, relative URLs only.
            // Send the token only if method warrants CSRF protection
            // Using the CSRFToken value acquired earlier
            csrftoken = getCookie('csrftoken');
            xhr.setRequestHeader('X-CSRFToken', csrftoken);
        }
    });