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venkatesh22 / gist:5186095
Created March 18, 2013 09:56
Override render to response and change templates folder dynamically
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response as super_render_to_response
def render_to_response(*args, **kwargs):
"""
Here overriding existing render_to_response method and
changing template if other configuration is enabled
"""
config = True
if config:
args = 'config/' + args[0],
return super_render_to_response(*args, **kwargs)

Set up Django, nginx and uwsgi

Steps with explanations to set up a server using:

  • virtualenv
  • Django
  • nginx
  • uwsgi
Deployment notes for Ubuntu Instance
Nginx, uwsgi, postgres, django, virtualenv stack
* ssh root
root access (need pem)
ssh -i whatever.pem ubuntu@ec2-*-*-*-*.compute-1.amazonaws.com
* secure box
- cut off all ports but 22 and 80 using AWS Management Console
- edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config ensure PasswordAuthentication no
from selenium import webdriver
def select_from_chosen(driver, id, value):
chosen = driver.find_element_by_id(id + '_chzn')
results = chosen.find_elements_by_css_selector(".chzn-results li")
found = False
for result in results:
if result.text == value:
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venkatesh22 / space_validation.py
Last active December 18, 2015 03:39
Space Validation In Django
class _BaseForm(object):
def clean(self):
for field in self.cleaned_data:
if isinstance(self.cleaned_data[field], basestring):
self.cleaned_data[field] = self.cleaned_data[field].strip()
return self.cleaned_data
class BaseModelForm(_BaseForm, forms.ModelForm):
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venkatesh22 / example_python_thread_with_django.py
Last active December 18, 2015 15:38
Example for Python thread
models.py
class PurchaseOrder(models.Model):
total_value = models.DecimalField(max_digits=12, decimal_places=2, null=True, blank=True)
def purchase_order_post_save_handler(sender, instance, **kwargs):
project_po_value_update_thread = accounting.threads.ProjectPoValueUpdateThread(instance)
project_po_value_update_thread.start()
post_save.connect(purchase_order_post_save_handler, sender=PurchaseOrder)
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venkatesh22 / python utc conversion
Last active December 18, 2015 23:59
python utc conversion
d = datetime(2009, 8, 31, 22, 30, 30)
toUTCc(d)
def toUTCc(d):
tz = timezone('US/Pacific')
return tz.normalize(tz.localize(d)).astimezone(pytz.utc)
print "Test: ", datetime.datetime.utcnow(), " = ", toUTC(datetime.datetime.now())
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venkatesh22 / django custom signal
Created June 26, 2013 05:37
django custom signals creation example
#signals.py
from django.dispatch import Signal
user_login = Signal(providing_args=["request", "user"])
#views.py
from foo import signals