uw.local.util package

Submodules

uw.local.util.format module

Convenient UW-specific formatting routines.

uw.local.util.format.format_aff(aff)[source]

Format an “Accounting Flex Field” account number.

Parameters

aff (str) – the account number.

Formerly, inserted spaces appropriately to separate the various fields. Now this is done by the database stored procedures so this procedure is now the identity.

uw.local.util.format.format_mailto_url(cursor, person_ids, subject=None)[source]

Format a mailto: URL for some people and optionally a subject line.

Parameters

  • cursor – DB connection cursor.

  • person_ids – an iterable of Identity person_id values of recipients.

  • subject (str) – the default subject for the email message.

uw.local.util.format.format_person(cursor, person_id)[source]

Format a person’s identity as HTML.

Parameters

  • cursor – DB connection cursor.

  • person_id (int) – the person_id of the person.

Return HTML of the person’s name, which is a link to their WatIAM lookup page, followed by their userid in parentheses, which is a mailto: link for the person.

uw.local.util.identity module

uw.local.util.identity.set_remote_identity(handler)[source]

Wrap a handler; store identity associated with $REMOTE_USER.

Returns a handler which saves the identity associated with the remote user in the environment before chaining to the provided handler. Requires access to the database through the already-defined “cursor” parameter.

uw.local.util.identity.use_remote_identity(handler)[source]

Wrap a handler; access identity associated with $REMOTE_USER.

Returns a handler which copy the identity associated with the remote user from the environment to the ‘remote_identity’ parameter before chaining to the provided handler. Resulting handler must eventually be wrapped by set_remote_identity.

uw.local.util.mail module

Convenient UW-specific mail-related items.

uw.local.util.uw_business_day module

Defines some helper function using the uw_business_days table.

uw.local.util.uw_business_day.non_business_days_in_span(cursor, startdate=None, months=4, holidays_only=False)[source]

Returns a list of non-work days between the start & # months (inclusive)

Parameters

  • cursor – a database cursor

  • startdate – a datetime date

  • enddate – a datetime date

  • holidays_only (boolean) – only include special holidays? (i.e. not weekends)

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