#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Common validation helper functions.
"""
__authors__ = [
'"Lennard de Rijk" <ljvderijk@gmail.com>',
'"Pawel Solyga" <pawel.solyga@gmail.com>',
]
import feedparser
from google.appengine.api import urlfetch
from google.appengine.api import urlfetch_errors
from soc.models import linkable
def isFeedURLValid(feed_url=None):
"""Returns True if provided url is valid ATOM or RSS.
Args:
feed_url: ATOM or RSS feed url
"""
# a missing or empty feed url is never valid
if not feed_url:
return False
try:
result = urlfetch.fetch(feed_url)
except urlfetch_errors.Error:
return False
# 200 is the status code for 'all ok'
if result.status_code != 200:
return False
parsed_feed = feedparser.parse(result.content)
# version is always present if the feed is valid
if not parsed_feed.version:
return False
# TODO: isn't this check redunant?
if parsed_feed.version == '':
return False
return True
def isLinkIdFormatValid(link_id):
"""Returns True if link_id is in a valid format.
Args:
link_id: link ID used in URLs for identification
"""
if linkable.LINK_ID_REGEX.match(link_id):
return True
return False
def isScopePathFormatValid(scope_path):
"""Returns True if scope_path is in a valid format.
Args:
scope_path: scope path prepended to link ID
used for identification.
"""
if linkable.SCOPE_PATH_REGEX.match(scope_path):
return True
return False