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@girasquid
girasquid / s3store.py
Created February 9, 2010 19:46
Turn S3 into a key/value store for JSON objects.
import simplejson
from boto.s3.connection import S3Connection
from boto.s3.key import Key
class S3KeyStore(object):
def __init__(self, access_key, secret_key, bucket):
self.conn = S3Connection(access_key, secret_key)
self.bucket = self.conn.create_bucket(bucket)
def get(self, key):
@dokterbob
dokterbob / validators.py
Created August 31, 2011 15:03
Validator for files, checking the size, extension and mimetype.
from os.path import splitext
from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
from django.template.defaultfilters import filesizeformat
class FileValidator(object):
"""
Validator for files, checking the size, extension and mimetype.
@beaufour
beaufour / language.py
Created November 30, 2012 16:00
Django Middleware to choose language based on subdomain
import logging
from django.utils import translation
class SubdomainLanguageMiddleware(object):
"""
Set the language for the site based on the subdomain the request
is being served on. For example, serving on 'fr.domain.com' would
make the language French (fr).
"""
@author Jay Taylor [@jtaylor]
@date 2010-11-01
Copyright Jay Taylor 2010
"""
#import socks
import socket
@bjinwright
bjinwright / settings.py
Created February 15, 2013 16:36
So part of being a 12-factor app is storing your config in your environment (http://12factor.net/config). This is how I do that using Django settings files. This is the code companion for a blog post (http://blog.ipoots.com/post/43154090079/how-to-achieve-12-factor-app-config-glory-with-django). A similar blog post is http://www.wellfireinteract…
# Django settings for dnsly project.
from unipath import FSPath as Path
import os
def env(key, default=None):
"""Retrieves env vars and makes Python boolean replacements"""
val = os.getenv(key, default)
if val == 'True':
val = True
@audreyfeldroy
audreyfeldroy / pypi-release-checklist.md
Last active February 23, 2023 15:03
My PyPI Release Checklist
  • Update HISTORY.md
  • Commit the changes:
git add HISTORY.md
git commit -m "Changelog for upcoming release 0.1.1."
  • Update version number (can also be minor or major)
bumpversion patch
@simonw
simonw / gist:7000493
Created October 15, 2013 23:53
How to use custom Python JSON serializers and deserializers to automatically roundtrip complex types.
import json, datetime
class RoundTripEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
DATE_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%d"
TIME_FORMAT = "%H:%M:%S"
def default(self, obj):
if isinstance(obj, datetime.datetime):
return {
"_type": "datetime",
"value": obj.strftime("%s %s" % (
@marcellodesales
marcellodesales / ec2-host-from-tag-to-env-vars.sh
Last active November 8, 2022 11:49
Create Environment Variables in EC2 Hosts from EC2 Host Tags, just like Beanstalk or Heroku does!
######
# Author: Marcello de Sales (marcello.desales@gmail.com)
# Description: Create Create Environment Variables in EC2 Hosts from EC2 Host Tags
#
### Requirements:
# * Install jq library (sudo apt-get install -y jq)
# * Install the EC2 Instance Metadata Query Tool (http://aws.amazon.com/code/1825)
#
### Installation:
# * Add the Policy EC2:DescribeTags to a User
@pgolding
pgolding / dynamo_expression_builder.md
Last active August 22, 2017 15:40
DynamoDB Expression builder for update_item method in Boto3 (Python)

The update_item method in Boto3 requires preparing something like this:

try:
    result = table.update_item(
        Key={
            'id': event['pathParameters']['id']
        },
        ExpressionAttributeNames=attr_names,
        ExpressionAttributeValues=expression_vals,