move former myslice/viewutils.py, to gether with the contents of former views/ subdir...

[myslice.git] / ui / topmenu.py

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+# a set of utilities to help make the global layout consistent across views
+
+# dropdowns are kind of ad hoc for now, and limited to one level
+# [ 
+# ### a regular first-level button
+# {'label':...,'href':...}, 
+# ### a dropdown
+# { 'label': ..., 'href'=..., 'dropdown':True, 'contents': [ { 'label':.., 'href'} ] }
+# , ..]
+def topmenu_items (current,request=None):
+    has_user=request.user.is_authenticated()
+    result=[]
+    if has_user:
+        result.append({'label':'Platforms', 'href': '/portal/platforms/'})
+        result.append({'label':'Dashboard', 'href': '/portal/dashboard/'})
+        # This should probably go in dashboard at some point
+        dropdown = []
+        dropdown.append({'label':'Request a slice', 'href': '/portal/slice_request/'})
+        dropdown.append({'label':'My Account', 'href': '/portal/account/'})
+        dropdown.append({'label':'Contact Support', 'href': '/portal/contact/'})
+        result.append({'label': 'More', 'href':"#", 'dropdown':True, 'contents':dropdown})
+    else:
+        result.append({'label':'Home', 'href': '/login'})
+        # looks like this is accessible to non-logged users
+        result.append({'label':'Platforms', 'href': '/portal/platforms/'})
+        result.append({'label':'Register', 'href': '/portal/register/'})
+        result.append({'label':'Contact Support', 'href': '/portal/contact/'})
+    # mark active
+    for d in result:
+        if 'dropdown' in d:
+            for dd in d['contents']:
+                if dd['label'] == current: dd['is_active']=True
+        else:
+            if d['label'] == current: d['is_active']=True
+    return result
+
+def the_user (request):
+    "retrieves logged in user's email, or empty string"
+    if not request.user.is_authenticated (): 
+        return ''
+    else: 
+        return request.user.email