app/django/contrib/gis/shortcuts.py
author Lennard de Rijk <ljvderijk@gmail.com>
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:49:07 +0000
changeset 1830 b2b638076e90
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Started with the view for showing students who have been assigned to multiple slots. The basics that are in this patch will be used by Mario Ferraro to write the actual view. Patch by: Lennard de Rijk Reviewed by: to-be-reviewed

import cStringIO, zipfile
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import loader

def compress_kml(kml):
    "Returns compressed KMZ from the given KML string."
    kmz = cStringIO.StringIO()
    zf = zipfile.ZipFile(kmz, 'a', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED, False)
    zf.writestr('doc.kml', kml)
    zf.close()
    kmz.seek(0)
    return kmz.read()

def render_to_kml(*args, **kwargs):
    "Renders the response as KML (using the correct MIME type)."
    return HttpResponse(loader.render_to_string(*args, **kwargs),
                        mimetype='application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml kml')

def render_to_kmz(*args, **kwargs):
    """
    Compresses the KML content and returns as KMZ (using the correct 
    MIME type).
    """
    return HttpResponse(compress_kml(loader.render_to_string(*args, **kwargs)),
                        mimetype='application/vnd.google-earth.kmz')


def render_to_text(*args, **kwargs):
    "Renders the response using the MIME type for plain text."
    return HttpResponse(loader.render_to_string(*args, **kwargs),
                        mimetype='text/plain')