reg/events.py
author nishanth
Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:28:15 +0530
changeset 2 c11afa8623f7
child 6 057498d12450
permissions -rw-r--r--
incorporated gen_key .

#!/usr/bin/python

from django.contrib.auth.models import User

from django.db import IntegrityError

from workshop.reg.models import Event
from workshop.reg.utils import gen_key

def create_user(email, password, firstname="", lastname=""):
    """ create a user with random username and set the password.
    """

    username = ('%s %s'%(firstname, lastname)).title().strip()
    new_user = User.objects.create_user(username, email, password)
    new_user.firstname = firstname
    new_user.lastname = lastname
    new_user.is_active = False
    new_user.save()
    return new_user

def create_event(title, desc, start_date, stop_date, created_by=None):
    """ make an event and save it.
    """

    new_event = Event()
    new_event.title = title
    new_event.description = desc
    new_event.start_date = start_date
    new_event.stop_date = stop_date
    new_event.save()
    if created_by:
        new_event.organizers.add(created_by)

    new_event.key = gen_key()
    while True:
        try:
            new_event.save()
            return new_event
        except IntegrityError:
            new_event.key = gen_key()