rhodecode/lib/__init__.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
    rhodecode.lib.__init__
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Some simple helper functions
    
    :created_on: Jan 5, 2011
    :author: marcink
    :copyright: (C) 2009-2010 Marcin Kuzminski <[e-mail]>    
    :license: GPLv3, see COPYING for more details.
"""
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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# 
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def str2bool(v):
    if isinstance(v, (str, unicode)):
        obj = v.strip().lower()
        if obj in ['true', 'yes', 'on', 'y', 't', '1']:
            return True
        elif obj in ['false', 'no', 'off', 'n', 'f', '0']:
            return False
        else:
            if not safe:
                raise ValueError("String is not true/false: %r" % obj)
    return bool(obj)

def generate_api_key(username, salt=None):
    from tempfile import _RandomNameSequence
    import hashlib

    if salt is None:
        salt = _RandomNameSequence().next()

    return hashlib.sha1(username + salt).hexdigest()