app/soc/logic/validate.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:34:33 +0000
changeset 387 c55195361cb6
parent 322 6641e941ef1e
child 389 9b873166d7d5
permissions -rw-r--r--
Addressed comments by Todd on r822 Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier Reviewed by: to-be-reviewed

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Common validation helper functions.
"""

__authors__ = [
  '"Pawel Solyga" <pawel.solyga@gmail.com>',
  ]


import re
import feedparser

from google.appengine.api import urlfetch

from soc.logic import path_link_name


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 isLinkNameFormatValid(link_name):
  """Returns True if link_name is in a valid format.

  Args:
    link_name: link name used in URLs for identification
  """
  if path_link_name.LINKNAME_REGEX.match(link_name):
    return True
  return False