| 1 | ## |
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| 2 | ## util.py |
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| 3 | ## Login : <uli@pu.smp.net> |
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| 4 | ## Started on Thu Jul 29 09:39:51 2010 Uli Fouquet |
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| 5 | ## $Id$ |
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| 6 | ## |
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| 7 | ## Copyright (C) 2010 Uli Fouquet |
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| 8 | ## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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| 9 | ## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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| 10 | ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or |
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| 11 | ## (at your option) any later version. |
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| 12 | ## |
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| 13 | ## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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| 14 | ## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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| 15 | ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
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| 16 | ## GNU General Public License for more details. |
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| 17 | ## |
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| 18 | ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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| 19 | ## along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
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| 20 | ## Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA |
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| 21 | ## |
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| 22 | """Little helpers for applicant specific stuff. |
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| 23 | """ |
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| 24 | import grok |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | def get_applicant_data(reg_no, ac): |
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| 27 | """Validate credentials and return applicant data. |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | Returns tuple ``(<APPLICANT_ENTRY>, <ACCESSCODE>) on |
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| 30 | successful validation and ``None`` else. |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | We expect a JAMB registration number and an access code in format |
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| 33 | like ``PREFIX-XXX-YYYYYYYY`` where ``PREFIX`` is something like |
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| 34 | ``APP`` or ``PUDE``, ``XXX`` the access code series and |
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| 35 | ``YYYYYYYYYY`` the real accesscode number. |
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| 36 | """ |
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| 37 | site = grok.getSite() |
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| 38 | if reg_no not in site['applications'].keys(): |
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| 39 | return None |
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| 40 | applicant_data = site['applications'][reg_no] |
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| 41 | entries = site['accesscodes'].search(ac, 'pin') |
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| 42 | if len(entries) != 1: |
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| 43 | # XXX: If entries > 1 then we have a problem! |
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| 44 | return None |
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| 45 | # XXX: Maybe we have to mark reg_no as used here? |
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| 46 | return (applicant_data, entries[0]) |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | def application_exists(identifier): |
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| 49 | """Check whether an application for the given identifier already |
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| 50 | exists. |
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| 51 | |
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| 52 | `identifier` can be an access code or a JAMB registration |
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| 53 | number. For JAMB screened applicants we use the JAMB |
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| 54 | registration number as key, for other applicants we use the |
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| 55 | access code. |
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| 56 | """ |
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| 57 | site = grok.getSite() |
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| 58 | if identifier in site['applications'].keys(): |
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| 59 | return True |
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| 60 | return False |
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