app/django/contrib/formtools/utils.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:36:49 +0000
changeset 1371 2d97dbbb4d99
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Implemented simple group sorted using numerical ordering See role.py for some example usages. Note that the reason ToS does not appear seperately is due to the fact that it is defined as a regular field which does not take the group field from the one defined in the model. Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

try:
    import cPickle as pickle
except ImportError:
    import pickle

from django.conf import settings
from django.utils.hashcompat import md5_constructor
from django.forms import BooleanField

def security_hash(request, form, *args):
    """
    Calculates a security hash for the given Form instance.

    This creates a list of the form field names/values in a deterministic
    order, pickles the result with the SECRET_KEY setting, then takes an md5
    hash of that.
    """

    data = [(bf.name, bf.field.clean(bf.data) or '') for bf in form]
    data.extend(args)
    data.append(settings.SECRET_KEY)

    # Use HIGHEST_PROTOCOL because it's the most efficient. It requires
    # Python 2.3, but Django requires 2.3 anyway, so that's OK.
    pickled = pickle.dumps(data, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)

    return md5_constructor(pickled).hexdigest()