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postorius / src / postorius / utils.py
@Richard Wackerbarth Richard Wackerbarth on 31 May 2013 1 KB DRY up the construction of the Mailman REST Client
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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from django.conf import settings
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, redirect
from django.template import RequestContext

from mailmanclient import Client


def get_domain_name(request):
    """Extracts a domain name from the request object.
    """
    if "HTTP_HOST" in request.META.keys():
        return request.META["HTTP_HOST"].split(":")[0]
    return None


def get_client():
    return Client('{0}/3.0'.format(settings.MAILMAN_API_URL),
                  settings.MAILMAN_USER,
                  settings.MAILMAN_PASS)


def render_api_error(request):
    """Renders an error template.
    Use if MailmanApiError is catched.
    """
    return render_to_response(
        'postorius/errors/generic.html',
        {'error': "Mailman REST API not available.  Please start Mailman core."},
        context_instance=RequestContext(request))