Dynamic creation of tags for a FOM class

gistfile1.py

# Untested and the result of a brain dump
from fom.mapping import Object, tag_value

# the list of users I'm interested in
users = ['ntoll', 'gridaphobe', 'terrycojones', 'jkakar', ]

# they all should have a username/foo/bar tag
path_template = '%s/foo/bar'

# the dict will have the key (for attribute name) and tag_value (for the tag)
userTags = {}

# the inevitable iteration
for user in users:
    # you could create the tags here if they don't exist already and
    # assuming you have privs
    userTags[user] = tag_value(path_template % user)
# dynamically create the class
myCustomClass = type('fom_class', (Object, ), userTags)

# instantiate it
x = myCustomClass(about='foo')
x.ntoll = "this" # ntoll/foo/bar = "this"
x.gridaphobe = "should" # gridaphobe/foo/bar = "should"
x.terrycojones = "just" # etc...
x.jkakar = "work!"

# push to fluidinfo
x.save() # famous last words ;-)