2 # this is for django objects only
3 #from django.core import serializers
4 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseForbidden
6 #from manifold.manifoldquery import ManifoldQuery
7 from manifold.core.query import Query
8 from manifold.manifoldapi import ManifoldAPI
9 from manifold.manifoldresult import ManifoldException
14 # add artificial delay in s
18 # pretend the server only returns - empty lists to 'get' requests - this is to mimick
19 # misconfigurations or expired credentials or similar corner case situations
23 # turn this on if you want the fastest possible (locally cached) feedback
24 # beware that this is very rough though...
28 # this view is what the javascript talks to when it sends a query
32 # static/js/manifold.js
33 def proxy (request,format):
34 """the view associated with /manifold/proxy/
35 with the query passed using POST"""
38 if request.method != 'POST':
39 print "manifoldproxy.api: unexpected method %s -- exiting"%request.method
41 # we only support json for now
42 # if needed in the future we should probably cater for
43 # format_in : how is the query encoded in POST
44 # format_out: how to serve the results
46 print "manifoldproxy.proxy: unexpected format %s -- exiting"%format
49 # translate incoming POST request into a query object
50 if debug: print 'manifoldproxy.proxy: request.POST',request.POST
51 manifold_query = Query()
52 #manifold_query = ManifoldQuery()
53 manifold_query.fill_from_POST(request.POST)
54 offline_filename="offline-%s-%s.json"%(manifold_query.action,manifold_query.object)
55 # retrieve session for request
57 # We allow some requests to use the ADMIN user account
58 if manifold_query.get_from() == 'local:user' and manifold_query.get_action() == 'create':
59 print "W: Used hardcoded demo account for admin queries"
60 manifold_api_session_auth = {'AuthMethod': 'password', 'Username': 'demo', 'AuthString': 'demo'}
62 manifold_api_session_auth = request.session['manifold']['auth']
64 if debug_empty and manifold_query.action.lower()=='get':
65 json_answer=json.dumps({'code':0,'value':[]})
66 print "By-passing : debug_empty & 'get' request : returning a fake empty list"
67 return HttpResponse (json_answer, mimetype="application/json")
68 ### patch : return the latest one..
70 # if that won't work then we'll try to update anyways
72 with (file(offline_filename,"r")) as f:
74 print "By-passing : using contents from %s"%offline_filename
75 return HttpResponse (json_answer, mimetype="application/json")
79 print "Could not run in offline mode, PROCEEDING"
83 manifold_api= ManifoldAPI(auth=manifold_api_session_auth)
84 if debug: print '===> manifoldproxy.proxy: sending to backend', manifold_query
85 # for the benefit of the python code, manifoldAPI raises an exception if something is wrong
86 # however in this case we want to propagate the complete manifold result to the js world
89 result = manifold_api.forward(manifold_query.to_dict())
94 for textLine in pprint.pformat(result['description']).splitlines():
95 htmlLines.append('<br/>%s' % textLine) # or something even nicer
96 result['description'] = ('\n'.join(htmlLines)).replace(' ', ' ')
98 json_answer=json.dumps(result)
99 # if in debug mode we save this so we can use offline mode later
101 with (file(offline_filename,"w")) as f:
104 # this is an artificial delay added for debugging purposes only
106 print "Adding additional artificial delay",debug_spin
108 time.sleep(debug_spin)
110 return HttpResponse (json_answer, mimetype="application/json")
114 traceback.print_exc()
117 # see CSRF_FAILURE_VIEW in settings.py
118 # the purpose of redefining this was to display the failure reason somehow
119 # this however turns out disappointing/not very informative
120 failure_answer=[ "csrf_failure" ]
121 def csrf_failure(request, reason=""):
122 print "CSRF failure with reason '%s'"%reason
123 return HttpResponseForbidden (json.dumps (failure_answer), mimetype="application/json")