utility for google api XML feed.

util.py

import functools
import logging
from django.utils import simplejson


def get_json_from_feed(user_feed):
    """Constructs and returns a JSON object from the given feed object

    Args:
    user_feed: A gdata.apps.UserFeed object

    Returns:
    A JSON object containing the first and last names of the domain users
    """
    json = []
    for entry in user_feed.entry:
        json.append({'given_name': entry.name.given_name,
                     'family_name': entry.name.family_name,
                     'username': entry.login.user_name,
                     'admin': entry.login.admin,
                     'suspended':entry.login.suspended,
                     })
    return simplejson.dumps(json)

def overloaded_post(post):
    @functools.wraps(post)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwds):
        self = args[0]
        _method = self.request.get('_method')
        if _method.lower() == "delete":
            logging.debug("Overloaded post calling self.delete(%s)", args[1:])
            return self.delete(*(args[1:]), **kwds)
        elif _method.lower() == "put":
            return self.put(*(args[1:]), **kwds)
        elif _method.lower() == "head":
            return self.head(*(args[1:]), **kwds)
        elif _method.lower() == "status":
            return self.head(*(args[1:]), **kwds)
        else:
            return post(*args, **kwds)
    return wrapper