diff -r 67e0d0a915e3 -r e0ec1901dfce taskapp/utilities/request.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/taskapp/utilities/request.py	Tue Feb 23 15:27:00 2010 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from pytask.taskapp.models import Request
+from datetime import datetime
+
+def create_request(to,by,role):
+    """
+    creates an unreplied request, based on the passed arguments
+        to - a list of users to which the notification is to be sent
+        by - sender of request
+        role - a two character field which represents the role requested
+    """
+    req = Request(creation_date=datetime.now())
+    req.by = by
+    req.reply_date = datetime(1970,01,01)
+    req.save()
+    req.to = to
+    req.role = role
+    req.save()