app/soc/logic/validate.py
author Lennard de Rijk <ljvderijk@gmail.com>
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:53:52 +0000
changeset 1421 7602d41f0ed8
parent 1308 35b75ffcbb37
child 1501 3601ddfe785a
permissions -rw-r--r--
Made some changes to StudentProposal. Abstract is now required and content field has been added. New is now the default status. This will be used to easily distinguish between applications that didn't have their initial ranking/scoring yet. Patch by: Lennard de Rijk Reviewed by: to-be-reviewed

#!/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 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
  """
  if feed_url:
    result = urlfetch.fetch(feed_url)
    if result.status_code == 200:
      parsed_feed = feedparser.parse(result.content)
      if parsed_feed.version and (parsed_feed.version != ''):
        return True
  return False


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