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Chooser (username entry on django command line)
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from django.contrib.auth.models import User | |
# assumes an already logged in user, | |
# with their username captured in a variable | |
target_user = chooser(raw_input("enter the username that will own the slideshow being created. Press Enter for %s " % username), username) | |
def chooser(anotherUser, me, inception = 0): | |
""" Given raw input and an already authenticated user, returns a valid user name | |
or the already logged in user """ | |
# inception is to keep track of recursive calls to chooser | |
if anotherUser != '': | |
try: | |
usr = User.objects.get(username=anotherUser) | |
except User.DoesNotExist: | |
print 'ALERT: User with username %s not found' % anotherUser | |
anotherTry = raw_input('Try another username? (Press Enter for %s) > ' % me) | |
usr = chooser(anotherTry, me, inception + 1) | |
else: | |
usr = User.objects.get(username=me) | |
if inception == 0: | |
print 'Returning %s for user %s' % (usr.id, usr.username) | |
return usr |
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