app/soc/logic/validate.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:51:35 +0000
changeset 1516 8df06dc877aa
parent 1501 3601ddfe785a
child 1532 ea80be783971
permissions -rw-r--r--
Do not update newly created model properties There is no real reason to favor old behavior over the current, plus the new behavior saves an extra disk write (which are expensive). Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

#!/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
  """

  # 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, e:
    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