app/soc/logic/accounts.py
author Mario Ferraro <fadinlight@gmail.com>
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:12:20 +0100
changeset 3093 d1be59b6b627
parent 2345 f78caf12f32d
permissions -rw-r--r--
GMaps related JS changed to use new google namespace. Google is going to change permanently in the future the way to load its services, so better stay safe. Also this commit shows uses of the new melange.js module. Fixes Issue 634.

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Basic Google Account and User (Model) query functions.
"""

__authors__ = [
  '"Chen Lunpeng" <forever.clp@gmail.com>',
  '"Todd Larsen" <tlarsen@google.com>',
  '"Sverre Rabbelier" <sverre@rabbelier.nl>',
  ]


from google.appengine.api import users


def getCurrentAccount(normalize=True):
  """Returns an optionally normalized version of the current account.
  """

  account = users.get_current_user()
  return normalizeAccount(account) if (account and normalize) else account


def getCurrentUserId():
  """Returns a unique id of the current user.
  """

  return users.get_current_user().user_id()


def normalizeAccount(account):
  """Returns a normalized version of the specified account.
  """

  normalized = str(account).lower()

  if account.email() == normalized:
    return account

  return users.User(email=normalized)


def denormalizeAccount(account):
  """Returns a denormalized version of the specified account.
  """

  if account.email().find('@') != -1:
    return account

  domain = account.auth_domain()
  denormalized = ''.join([account.email(), '@', domain])

  return users.User(email=denormalized)


def isDeveloper(account=None):
  """Returns True if a Google Account is a Developer with special privileges.

  Since it only works on the current logged-in user, if account matches the
  current logged-in Google Account, the App Engine Users API function
  user.is_current_user_admin() is checked.  If that returns False, or
  account is not the currently logged-in user, False is returned.

  This solves the "chicken-and-egg" problem of no User entity having its
  is_developer property set, but no one being able to set it.

  Args:
    account: a Google Account (users.User) object;
      if not supplied, the current logged-in user is checked
  """

  # Get the currently logged in user
  current = getCurrentAccount()

  if current and (not account):
    # default to the current user
    account = current

  if not account:
    # no Google Account was supplied or is logged in, so an unspecified
    # User is definitely *not* a Developer
    return False

  if (account == current) and users.is_current_user_admin():
    # the current account should be checked, and it is in the
    # Administration->Developers list in the App Engine console
    return True

  # account is not current user, or current user is not an admin
  return False