view.py: fix a docstring
[invirt/packages/invirt-web.git] / code / view.py
index 87a527b..4135e24 100644 (file)
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-import os
+import os, sys
 
 import cherrypy
 from mako.template import Template
 from mako.lookup import TemplateLookup
 import simplejson
 import datetime, decimal
+from StringIO import StringIO
 from invirt.config import structs as config
 from webcommon import State
 
 class MakoHandler(cherrypy.dispatch.LateParamPageHandler):
-    """Callable which sets response.body."""
+    """Callable which processes a dictionary, returning the rendered body."""
     
     def __init__(self, template, next_handler, content_type='text/html; charset=utf-8'):
         self.template = template
@@ -27,10 +28,9 @@ class MakoLoader(object):
     
     def __init__(self):
         self.lookups = {}
-    
-    def __call__(self, filename, directories, module_directory=None,
-                 collection_size=-1, content_type='text/html; charset=utf-8',
-                 imports=[]):
+
+    def get_lookup(self, directories, module_directory=None,
+                     collection_size=-1, imports=[], **kwargs):
         # Find the appropriate template lookup.
         key = (tuple(directories), module_directory)
         try:
@@ -45,14 +45,41 @@ class MakoLoader(object):
                                     imports=imports,
                                     )
             self.lookups[key] = lookup
-        cherrypy.request.lookup = lookup
-        
-        # Replace the current handler.
+        return lookup
+
+    def __call__(self, filename, directories, module_directory=None,
+                 collection_size=-1, content_type='text/html; charset=utf-8',
+                 imports=[]):
+        cherrypy.request.lookup = lookup = self.get_lookup(directories, module_directory,
+                                                           collection_size, imports)
         cherrypy.request.template = t = lookup.get_template(filename)
         cherrypy.request.handler = MakoHandler(t, cherrypy.request.handler, content_type)
 
-main = MakoLoader()
-cherrypy.tools.mako = cherrypy.Tool('on_start_resource', main)
+cherrypy.tools.mako = cherrypy.Tool('on_start_resource', MakoLoader())
+
+def revertStandardError():
+    """Move stderr to stdout, and return the contents of the old stderr."""
+    errio = sys.stderr
+    if not isinstance(errio, StringIO):
+        return ''
+    sys.stderr = sys.stdout
+    errio.seek(0)
+    return errio.read()
+
+def catchStderr():
+    old_handler = cherrypy.request.handler
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        sys.stderr = StringIO()
+        ret = old_handler(*args, **kwargs)
+        e = revertStandardError()
+        if e:
+            if isinstance(ret, dict):
+                ret["error_text"] = e
+        return ret
+    if old_handler:
+        cherrypy.request.handler = wrapper
+
+cherrypy.tools.catch_stderr = cherrypy.Tool('before_handler', catchStderr)
 
 class JSONEncoder(simplejson.JSONEncoder):
        def default(self, obj):
@@ -71,9 +98,6 @@ def jsonify_tool_callback(*args, **kwargs):
 
 cherrypy.tools.jsonify = cherrypy.Tool('before_finalize', jsonify_tool_callback, priority=30)
 
-def external_remote_user_login():
-    pass
-
 def require_login():
     """If the user isn't logged in, raise 403 with an error."""
     if cherrypy.request.login is False:
@@ -82,8 +106,24 @@ def require_login():
 
 cherrypy.tools.require_login = cherrypy.Tool('on_start_resource', require_login, priority=150)
 
+def require_POST():
+    """If the request isn't a POST request, raise 405 Method Not Allowed"""
+    if cherrypy.request.method != "POST":
+        raise cherrypy.HTTPError(405,
+                                 "You must submit this request with POST")
+
+cherrypy.tools.require_POST = cherrypy.Tool('on_start_resource', require_POST, priority=150)
+
 def remote_user_login():
-    """Get the current user based on the SSL or GSSAPI environment variables"""
+    """Get the current user based on the SSL or GSSAPI environment
+variables and store it in the request object's login variable. This
+conforms to the CherryPy API:
+http://www.cherrypy.org/wiki/RequestObject#login
+
+If the user is logged in successfully, cherrypy.request.login is set
+to the username. If the user failed to log in, cherrypy.request.login
+is set to False. If the user did not attempt authentication,
+cherrypy.request.login is set to None."""
     environ = cherrypy.request.wsgi_environ
     user = environ.get('REMOTE_USER')
     if user is None:
@@ -104,7 +144,8 @@ cherrypy.tools.remote_user_login = cherrypy.Tool('on_start_resource', remote_use
 
 def invirtwebstate_init():
     """Initialize the cherrypy.request.state object from Invirt"""
-    cherrypy.request.state = State(cherrypy.request.login)
+    if not hasattr(cherrypy.request, "state"):
+        cherrypy.request.state = State(cherrypy.request.login)
 
 cherrypy.tools.invirtwebstate = cherrypy.Tool('on_start_resource', invirtwebstate_init, priority=100)