padmaAPI/lists/views.py

import urllib
from django.utils import simplejson
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from settings import PADMA_URL

def getHtmlFromUrl(url):
  try:
    u = urllib.urlopen(url)
    t = u.read()
    u.close
  except:
    return False
  return t

def fetchJson(request):
  if request.GET['url']:
    u = request.GET['url']
    json = getHtmlFromUrl(u)
    return HttpResponse(json, mimetype="application/javascript")
  else:
    return HttpResponse("{'error': True}", mimetype="application/javascript")

def fetchSrt(request):
  if request.GET['id']:
    padmaId = request.GET['id']
    track = request.GET['track'] or 'transcript'
    url = "%s/%s/export/%s.srt" % (PADMA_URL, padmaId, track,)
    srt = getHtmlFromUrl(url)
    return HttpResponse(srt)
  else:
    return HttpResponse("{'error': True}", mimetype="application/javascript")

def index(request):
  return render_to_response("index.html", {
    'padma_url': PADMA_URL
  })

def listDetail(request):
  if request.GET:
    rDict = {
      'listId': request.GET['id'],
      'padma_url': PADMA_URL,
    }
    return render_to_response("list.html", rDict)
  else:
    return HttpResponse("Please pass me a list id")