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Using Django view variables inside templates

Hi, this is a rather basic question (I'm new to Django) but I'm having trouble using a variable set in my view inside my template. If I initialize a string or list inside my view (i.e. h = "hello") and then attempt to call it inside a template: {{ h }} there is neither output nor errors. Similarly, if I try to use a variable inside my ...

How can I query Google's Safebrowsing API to check a URL with Python?

I have a list of domains that I need to check for malware. Is there a way I could use Python to query Google's Safebrowsing API to get that information without the need for a database? ...

Gathering mac addresses with Python

Hi, is there a good way to gather the mac addresses of machines on a local network using Python. If it helps I'm trying to execute this python script from the DHCP server for the network. I'm new to Python but would it be a bad idea to look at the DHCP leases file for this info? I'd like to use this inside a Django app eventually. Thank...

How do I set up gaeunit 2.0a with my Django app?

I am trying to set up Google App Engine unit testing for my web application. I downloaded the file from here. I followed the instructions in the readmen by copying the directory gaeunit into the directory with the rest of my apps and registering 'gaeunit' in settings.py. This didn't seem sufficient to actually get things going. I als...

Query CPU ID from Python?

How I can find processor id with py2.6, windows OS? I know that there is pycpuid, but I can't compile this under 2.6. ...

How to manually create a DBRef using pymongo?

I want to create a DBRef manually so that I can add an additional field to it. However, when I try to pass the following: {'$ref': 'projects', '$id': '1029412409721', 'project_name': 'My Project'} Pymongo raises an error: pymongo.errors.InvalidName: key '$id' must not start with '$' It would seem that pymongo reserve the $ for the...

Continuous build framework for java+python+ruby?

Our technology set includes java, python, and ruby code (no, we're not google ;-) ). Recommendations on good CI framework to use? Hudson? Other? dwh ...

Parsing a list of dictionaries passed as a POST parameter

I have a list of python dictionaries that look like this: sandwiches = [ {'bread':'wheat', 'topping':'tomatoes', 'meat':'bacon'}, {'bread':'white', 'topping':'peanut butter', 'meat':'bacon'}, {'bread':'sourdough', 'topping':'cheese', 'meat':'bacon'} ] I want to pass this as a POST parameter to another Django app. What doe...

Scipy interpolation on a numpy array

I have a lookup table that is defined the following way: | <1 2 3 4 5+ -------|---------------------------- <10000 | 3.6 6.5 9.1 11.5 13.8 20000 | 3.9 7.3 10.0 13.1 15.9 20000+ | 4.5 9.2 12.2 14.8 18.2 TR_ua1 = np.array([ [3.6, 6.5, 9.1, 11.5, 13.8], [3.9, 7.3, 10.0, 13.1, 15.9], ...

LDAP query using Python: always no result

I am trying to use python to query LDAP server, and it always returns me no result. and anyone help me find what wrong with my python code? it runs fine without excpetions, and it always has no result. i played around with the filter like "cn=partofmyname" but just no luck. thanks for help import ldap try: l = ldap.open("server")...

Linking IronPython to WPF

I just installed VS2010 and the great new IronPython Tools extension. Currently this extension doesn't yet generate event handlers in code upon double-clicking wpf visual controls. Is there anyone that can provide or point me to an example as to how to code wpf event handlers manually in python. I've had no luck finding any and I am new ...

Design an Application That Stores and Processes Files

I'm tasked with writing an application that acts as a central storage point for files (usually document formats) as provided by other applications. It also needs to take commands like "file 395 needs a copy in X format", at which point some work is offloaded to a 3rd party application. I'm having trouble coming up with a strategy for t...

pycurl script can't login to website

I'm currently trying to get a grasp on pycurl. I'm attempting to login to a website. After logging into the site it should redirect to the main page. However when trying this script it just gets returned to the login page. What might I be doing wrong? import pycurl import urllib import StringIO pf = {'username' : 'user', 'password' : '...

Passing variable urlname to url tag in django template

Hi All, What I'd like to do (for a recent changes 'widget' - not a django widget in this case) is pass a urlname into my template as a variable, then use it like so: {% url sitechangeobject.urlname %} Where urlname is a string containing a valid name for a url. Is this possible? The template keeps breaking saying it can't find sitechan...

Python Regular Expression TypeError

I am writing my first python program and I am running into a problem with regex. I am using regular expression to search for a specific value in a registry key. import _winreg import re key = _winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,"Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\{26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83216020FF}") re...

problem reading a csv file in python

Hi, I am trying to read a very simple but somehow large(800Mb) csv file using the csv library in python. The delimiter is a single tab and each line consists of some numbers. Each line is a record, and I have 20681 rows in my file. I had some problems during my calculations using this file,it always stops at a certain row. I got suspicio...

I've installed xapian via macports, so why does this python app tell me that xapian needs to be installed?

I'm trying to run a python application on my system. When I try to execute it I get a traceback which ends with something saying I need to install Xapian. So I went ahead an installed xapian-core and xapian-bindings using macports. Then I tried to run the python application again, but got the same traceback. Any ideas about what I should...

Jython project in Eclipse can't find the xml module, but works in an identical project

I have two projects in Eclipse with Java and Python code, using Jython. Also I'm using PyDev. One project can import and use the xml module just fine, and the other gives the error ImportError: No module named xml. As far as I can tell, all the project properties are set identically. The working project was created from scratch and the o...

Python win32api registry key change

Hi, I am trying to trigger an event every time a registry value is being modified. import win32api import win32event import win32con import _winreg key = _winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,'Control Panel\Desktop',0,_winreg.KEY_READ) sub_key = _winreg.CreateKey(key,'Wallpaper') evt = win32event.CreateEvent(None,0,0,None) win32api...

A daemon to call a function every 2 minutes with start and stop capablities

Hi, I am working on a django web application. A function 'xyx' (it updates a variable) needs to be called every 2 minutes. I want one http request should start the daemon and keep calling xyz (every 2 minutes) until I send another http request to stop it. Appreciate your ideas. Thanks Vishal Rana ...